Harvey County, Kansas
Harvey County is a county located in the state of Kansas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Newton.
Geography
The County is located just southeast of the geographic center of Kansas and has an area of 1400 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Marion County, Butler County, Sedgwick County, Reno County and McPherson County.
History
Harvey County was formed on February 29, 1872 from parts of Marion County, McPherson County and Sedgwick County. It was named after James M. Harvey, an American politician and governor of Kansas.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Harvey County 32 869 people in 12,581 households and 8932 families in Harvey County. The population density was 24 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 91.04 percent White, 1.59 percent African American, 0.52 percent Native American, 0.52 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 4.17 percent from other races groups; 2.14 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.97 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 12,581 households out of which 32.8 percent of children under 18 who lived with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers and 29.0 percent were non-families. 25.8 percent of all households were single-person households and 11.6 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 9.1 percent 18 to 24 years 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.6 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 16.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 adult women 18 years and older 91.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 40,907, and the median income for a family was $ 48,793. Males have a median income of $ 35,037, women $ 22,492. The per capita income was $ 18,715. 4.2 percent of families and 6.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Alta Mills
- Annelly
- Burrton
- Halstead
- Hesston
- McGraw
- McLains
- Newton
- North Newton
- Patterson
- Paxton
- Putnam
- Sand Creek
- Sedgwick
- Van Arsdale
- Walton
- Zimmerdale
Townships
- Alta Township
- Burrton Township
- Darlington Township
- Emma Township
- Garden Township
- Halstead Township
- Highland Township
- Lake Township
- Lakin Township
- Macon Township
- Newton Township
- Pleasant Township
- Richland Township
- Sedgwick Township
- Walton Township