Nemaha County (Kansas)

Nemaha County is a county located in the state of Kansas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Seneca.

Geography

The County is located in northeast Kansas, bordered to the north by Nebraska, is about 70 km to the east of Missouri and has an area of 1863 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface. It borders in Kansas clockwise to the following counties: Brown County, Jackson County, Pottawatomie County and Marshall County.

History

Nemaha County was formed on 30 August 1855 as original county of free territory and is one of the first 33 counties that were formed by the first territorial administration. It was named after the Nemaha River. On May 30, 1879 Tornado Irving moved by the County. He reached the strength F4 on the Fujita scale, meaning a wind speed of 333-419 km / h, and left a path of destruction approximately 700 m wide and 160 km long. In this case, 18 people died and 60 were injured.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Nemaha County 10,717 people in 3959 households and 2763 families in Nemaha County. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.35 percent White, 0.49 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.17 percent from other races groups; 0.60 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.71 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3959 households out of which 34,0 percent of children under 18 who lived with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 5.1 percent were single mothers and 30.2 percent were non-families. 28.0 percent of all households were single-person households and 16.0 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.20 persons.

28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.0 percent 18 to 24 years 24.1 percent between 25 and 44, 19.4 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 22.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 adult women 18 years and older 95.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 34,296, and the median income for a family was $ 41,838. Males have a median income of $ 28,879, women $ 19,340. The per capita income was $ 17,121. 6.5 percent of families and 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

America City
Baileyville
Bancroft
Becker Ville
Bern
Berwick
Capioma
Centralia
Corning
Fidelity
Goff
Granada
Kelly
Oneida
Ontario
Sabetha
Saint Benedict
Seneca
Wetmore
Woodlawn

Townships

Adams Township
Berwick Township
Capioma Township
Center Township
Clear Creek Township
Gilman Township
Granada Township
Harrison Township
Home Township
Illinois Township
Marion Township
Mitchell Township
Nemaha Township
Red Vermillion Township
Reilly Township
Richmond Township
Rock Creek Township
Washington Township
Wetmore Township

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