Cowley County, Kansas


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Cowley County (county code CL) is a located in South Central, in the. The population was estimated to be 34,931 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is.

History
The county is named for Matthew Cowley, First Lieutenant in Company I, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, who died at the, on ,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,933 (1,133 ), of which 2,917 km² (1,126 sq mi) is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi), or 0.56%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Cowley County's population was estimated to be 34,931 in the year 2006, a decrease of 1353, or -3.7%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 36,291 people, 14,039 households, and 9,616 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (32/sq mi). There were 15,673 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The of the county was 90.13%, 2.70%  or , 1.96% , 1.53% , 0.01% , 1.36% from other races, and 2.30% from. or of any race were 3.59% of the population.



There were 14,039 s out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were living together, 9.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.50% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 26.00% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The in the county was $34,406, and the median income for a family was $43,636. Males had a median income of $31,703 versus $21,341 for females. The for the county was $17,509. About 9.20% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the, including 17.00% of those under age 18 and 11.20% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2005 estimate):
 * , 11,861 (county seat)
 * , 11,581
 * , 766
 * , 553
 * , 351
 * , 350
 * , 250
 * , 205, of which only a small portion lies in the county, the majority of the area and population being in
 * , 101

Unincorporated places

 * Akron
 * Floral
 * Grand Summit
 * Kellogg
 * New Salem
 * Otto
 * Wilmot
 * Otto
 * Wilmot
 * Wilmot
 * Wilmot
 * Wilmot

Townships
Cowley County is divided into twenty-five. The cities of and  are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. 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

 * Central USD 462 (Web site)
 * Udall USD 463 (Web site)
 * Winfield USD 465 (Web site)
 * Arkansas City USD 470 (Web site)
 * Dexter USD 471 (Web site)