Wichita County, Kansas

administration
Wichita County Courthouse
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Leoti
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 206 South Fourth Leoti, KS 67861-0000
Foundation :	March 6, 1873
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 620
Demographics
Residents :	2234 (2010)
Population density :	1.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1861 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
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The Wichita County is a county in the state of Kansas of the United States . The county seat is Leoti . 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 far west of Kansas, about 25 miles from Colorado and covers an area of 1,861 square kilometers with no significant water surface. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Logan County , Scott County , Kearny County , Hamilton County , Greeley County, and Wallace County .

history

Wichita County was formed as the original Free Territory County on March 6, 1873. It was named after the Wichita Indian people . Other sources give the year 1886.

One of the county's buildings, the William B. and Julia Washington House , is on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	14th	-
1890	1827	12,950%
1900	1197	-34.5%
1910	2006	67.6%
1920	1856	-7.5%
1930	2579	39%
1940	2185	-15.3%
1950	2640	20.8%
1960	2765	4.7%
1970	3274	18.4%
1980	3041	-7.1%
1990	2758	-9.3%
2000	2531	-8.2%
2010	2234	-11.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Wichita County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Wichita County had a population of 2,531 people as of the 2000 census . Of these, 25 lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 967 households and 723 families in Wichita County. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.3 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 10.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.41 percent of the population.

Of the 967 households, 35.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 65.3 percent were married couples living together, 5.8 percent were single mothers, and 25.2 percent were non-families. 23.7 percent of all households were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.07.

28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 16.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 104.4 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 102.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,462 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,034. Males had a median income of $ 27,523 versus $ 18,807 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,720. 11.2 percent of families and 14.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

cities and communes

The following places were located in Wichita County in 2004; the population figures given are based on statistical extrapolations from 2004:

as a municipality belonging to (Incorporated City)
- Leoti , population 1,475, administrative seat of the county
as unincorporated places
- Coronado , ghost town
- Farmer City , ghost town
- Marienthal
- Selkirk