Cheyenne County (Kansas)

Cheyenne County is a county located in the state of Kansas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) St. Francis.

Geography

The County is located in the northwest corner of Kansas is bordered to the north by Nebraska, on the west by Colorado and has an area of ​​2644 square kilometers, of which two square miles are water. It borders in Kansas clockwise to the following counties: Rawlins County and Sherman County.

History

Cheyenne County was formed on March 6, 1873, the original County of free territory. It was named after the Native American people of the Cheyenne.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Cheyenne County 3165 people in 1360 households and 919 families in Cheyenne County. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 97.91 percent White, 0.13 percent African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.98 percent from other races groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.59 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1360 households out of which 27.6 percent of children under 18 who lived with them. 60.1 percent were married couples living together, 5.1 percent were single mothers and 32.4 percent were non-families. 30.8 percent of all households were single-person households and 17.3 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.85 persons.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 5.1 percent 18 to 24 years 22.7 percent between 25 and 44, 21.8 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 26.6 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 adult women 18 years and older 92.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,599, and the median income for a family was $ 34,816. Males had a median income of $ 24,976, women $ 19,569. The per capita income was $ 17,862. 7.4 percent of families and 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

• Bird City
• Saint Francis
• Wheeler

Townships

• Benkelman Township
• Bird City township
• Calhoun Township
• Cleveland Run Township
• Jaqua Township
• Orlando Township
• Vano Township