Stevens County, Kansas

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Stevens County Courthouse
Stevens County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Hugoton
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
200 East 6th Street
Hugoton, KS 67951-2655
Foundation : August 3, 1886
Area code : 001 620
Demographics
Residents : 5724  (2010)
Population density : 3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1885 km²
Water surface : 0 km²
map
Map of Stevens County within Kansas
Website : www.stevenscoks.org

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

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southwest of Kansas, borders Oklahoma in the south , is about 45 km from Colorado in the west and has an area of ​​1,885 square kilometers with no significant water surface. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Grant County , Haskell County , Seward County , Morton County, and Stanton Counties .

history

Stevens County was formed on August 3, 1886. It was named after the American statesman Thaddeus Stevens, who died in 1868 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 12 -
1890 1418 11,716.7%
1900 620 -56.3%
1910 2453 295.6%
1920 3943 60.7%
1930 4655 18.1%
1940 3193 -31.4%
1950 4516 41.4%
1960 4400 -2.6%
1970 4198 -4.6%
1980 4736 12.8%
1990 5048 6.6%
2000 5463 8.2%
2010 5724 4.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Stevens County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Cimarron National Grassland

According to the 2000 census , Stevens County had 5,463 people in 1988 households and 1,457 families in Stevens County. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 83.01 percent white, 0.93 percent African American, 0.93 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 13.25 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.61 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 21.73 percent of the population.

Of the 1988 households, 38.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.1 percent were married couples living together, 7.1 percent were single mothers, and 26.7 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent of all households were single households and 12.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.27 people.

31.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 19.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age and 13.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 92.5 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 41,830 , and the median income for a family was $ 49,063. Males had a median income of $ 36,525 versus $ 22,803 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,814.
8.3 percent of families and 10.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485056. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  5. ^ Stevens County, Kansas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 4 ′  N , 101 ° 12 ′  W