Stafford County, Kansas

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administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : St. John
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
209 N Broadway
Saint John, KS 67576-0000
Foundation : 1873
Area code : 001 620
Demographics
Residents : 4437  (2010)
Population density : 2.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2058 km²
Water surface : 7 km²
map
Map of Stafford County within Kansas
Website : www.staffordcounty.org

Stafford County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is St. John . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located just south of the geographic center of Kansas and has an area of ​​2058 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Barton County , Rice County , Reno County , Pratt County , Edwards County, and Pawnee Counties .

history

Stafford County was formed in 1873. It was named after Lewis Stafford , captain of the e-company of the 1st Kansas Infantry in the American Civil War .

8 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 4755 -
1890 8520 79.2%
1900 9829 15.4%
1910 12,510 27.3%
1920 11,559 -7.6%
1930 10,460 -9.5%
1940 10,487 0.3%
1950 8816 -15.9%
1960 7451 -15.5%
1970 5943 -20.2%
1980 5694 -4.2%
1990 5365 -5.8%
2000 4789 -10.7%
2010 4437 -7.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Stafford County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Spickard House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Stafford County had 4,789 people in 2010 households and 1,294 families in Stafford County. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.97 percent white, 0.15 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian and 2.97 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.42 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.41 percent of the population.

Of the 2010 households, 29.9 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.9 percent were married couples living together, 5.9 percent were single mothers, and 35.6 percent were non-families. 33.0 percent of all households were single households and 17.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 5.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 21.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 91.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 31,107 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,235. Males had a median income of $ 27,328 versus $ 21,063 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,409. 8.7 percent of families and 11.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Stafford County (Kansas)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485054. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ^ Stafford County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 53 ′  N , 98 ° 52 ′  W