Harvey County, Kansas

Harvey County (county code HV) is a located in South Central, in the. The population was estimated to be 33,643 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is. The county is a part of the which also includes, , and  counties. The county is named in honor of. The for the county is 020079.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,400 (540 ), of which 1,397 km² (539 sq mi) is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi), or 0.22%, is water. The flows through the county.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Harvey County's population was estimated to be 33,643 in the year 2006, an increase of 757, or +2.3%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 32,869 people, 12,581 households, and 8,932 families residing in the county. The was 24/km² (61/sq mi). There were 13,378 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The of the county was 91.04%, 1.59%  or , 0.52% , 0.52% , 0.03% , 4.17% from other races, and 2.14% from. or of any race were 7.97% of the population.



There were 12,581 s out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males.

The in the county was $40,907, and the median income for a family was $48,793. Males had a median income of $35,037 versus $22,492 for females. The for the county was $18,715. About 4.20% of families and 6.40% of the population were below the, including 7.50% of those under age 18 and 5.00% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 18,154 (county seat)
 * , 3,625
 * , 1,901
 * , 1,649
 * , 1,574
 * , 919
 * , 297

Townships
Harvey County is divided into fifteen. 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

 * Burrton USD 369 (Web site)
 * Newton USD 373 (Web site)
 * Sedgwick Public Schools USD 439 (Web site)
 * Halstead USD 440 (Web site)
 * Hesston USD 460 (Web site)