Leavenworth County, Kansas
The Leavenworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. In the census in 2010, the County had 76 227 inhabitants and a population density of 63.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth County is part of the metropolitan area of Kansas City.
Geography
The County is located in northeast Kansas, bordering on Missouri, the Missouri River forms a natural border and has an area of 1,213 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Leavenworth County was designated as free on 30 August 1866 from the original County - but in reality populated by Indians - Area of the Kansas Territory, and formed one of the first 33 counties that were formed by the first territorial administration. It was named - as well as the district capital - after Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834), an officer in the War of 1812.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Leavenworth County 76 227 people in 25,426 households. The population density was 63.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 83.8 percent white, 9.4 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 3.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 25,426 households lived statistically 2.63 per person.
25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.5 percent were 65 years or older. 47.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 57,691. The per capita income was $ 25,342. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
Citys
- Basehor
- Bonner Springs1
- De Soto2
- Easton
- Lansing
- Leavenworth
- Linwood
- Tonganoxie
1 - partially in Johnson and Wyandotte County in 2 - partially in Johnson County
Unincorporated communities
- Bain City
- Cochrane
- Cold track
- East Fairmount
- Ettenson
- Fairmount
- Fall Leaf
- Five Points
- Hiatt
- Highland
- Hoge
- Jarbalo
- Kickapoo
- Lenape
- Little Kaw
- Loring
- Lowemont
- Mahon
- Maltby
- Maywood
- Millwood
- Reno
- Richardson
- South Basehor
- Springdale
- Stone
- Victory Junction
Townships
- Alexandria Township
- Delaware Township
- Easton Township
- Fairmount Township
- High Prairie Township
- Kickapoo Township
- Reno Township
- Sherman Township
- Stranger Township
- Tonganoxie Township