Graham County, Kansas

Graham County (county code GH) is a located in northwest, in the. The population was estimated to be 2,677 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is.

Law and Government
In, Graham County residents voted to allow the sales of by the drink without any food sales requirement, repealing the county's prohibition on by-the-drink sales. Graham is one of only 15 of Kansas's 105 counties to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink without any food sales requirement, and is the only rural county in the state to do so.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,328 (899 ), of which 2,327 km² (898 sq mi) is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi), or 0.04%, is water.

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (northeast)
 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)

Demographics
Graham County's population was estimated to be 2,677 in the year 2006, a decrease of 245, or -8.4%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 2,946 people, 1,263 households, and 847 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,553 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The of the county was 94.91%, 3.22%  or , 0.34% , 0.27% , 0.03% , 0.41% from other races, and 0.81% from. or of any race were 0.78% of the population.



There were 1,263 s out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.50% were living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.50% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 23.10% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 23.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males.

The in the county was $31,286, and the median income for a family was $38,036. Males had a median income of $26,642 versus $18,222 for females. The for the county was $18,050. About 8.60% of families and 11.50% of the population were below the, including 13.60% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 1,469 (county seat)
 * , 170
 * , 155

Unincorporated places

 * St. Peter
 * St. Peter
 * St. Peter

Townships
Graham County is divided into thirteen. None of the cities within the county are considered governmentally independent, and all figures for the townships include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

Unified school districts

 * Hill City USD 281 (Web site) - Effective, , Morland USD 280 was consolidated into USD 281.