Rush County (Kansas)

Rush County is a county located in the state of Kansas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is La Crosse.

Geography

The County is located just west of the geographic center and has an area of 1861 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Ellis County, Russell County, Barton County, Pawnee County and Ness County.

History

Rush County was formed on 26 February 1867. It was named after Alexander Rush, an officer in the American Civil War.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Rush County 3551 people in 1548 households and 1013 families in Rush County. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.45 percent White, 0.31 percent African American, 0.42 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, and 0.17 percent from other races; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.04 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1548 households out of which 26.6 percent of children under 18 who lived with them. 56.1 percent were married couples living together, 5.8 percent were single mothers and 34.5 percent were non-families. 31.7 percent of all households were single-person households and 18.0 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.80 persons.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 5.5 percent 18 to 24 years 22.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 25.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 adult women 18 years and older 90.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,268, and the median income for a family was $ 38,821. Males had a median income of $ 25,408, women $ 20,307. The per capita income was $ 18,033. 6.7 percent of families and 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Alexander
Bison
Hargrave
La Crosse
Liebenthal
Loretta
McCracken
Nekoma
Otis
Rush Center
Timken

Townships

Alexander -Belle Prairie Township
Banner Township
Big Timber Township
Center Township
Garfield Township
Hampton Fairview Township
Illinois Township
La Crosse - Brookdale township
Lone Star Township
Pioneer Township
Pleasantdale Township
Union Township

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