Barton County, Kansas

Barton County (county code BT) is a located in Central, in the. The population was 28,205 at the, and it was estimated to be 0 in the year. Its and most populous city is. The county is named in honor of, responsible for the founding of the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,332 (900 ), of which 2,315 km² (894 sq mi) is land and 17 km² (6 sq mi), or 0.72%, is water. The geographic center of is located in Barton County.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Barton County's population was estimated to be 0 in the year,.

As of the, there were 28,205 people, 11,393 households, and 7,530 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (32/sq mi). There were 12,888 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (14/sq mi). The of the county was 92.98%, 1.15%  or , 0.51% , 0.23% , 0.01% , 3.51% from other races, and 1.60% from. or of any race were 8.31% of the population.



There were 11,393 s out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.90% were non-families. 30.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.10 males.

The in the county was $32,176, and the median income for a family was $39,929. Males had a median income of $28,803 versus $20,428 for females. The for the county was $16,695. About 9.90% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the, including 17.00% of those under age 18 and 10.90% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population ( estimate):
 * , 0 (county seat)
 * , 0
 * , 0
 * , 0
 * , 0
 * , 0
 * , 0
 * , 0
 * , 0

Unincorporated places

 * Boyd
 * Dent Spur
 * Dundee
 * Heizer
 * Hitschmann
 * Odin
 * Redwing
 * Stickney

Townships
Barton County is divided into twenty-two. 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

 * Claflin USD 354
 * Ellinwood USD 355
 * Great Bend USD 428
 * Hoisington USD 431