Butler County, Kansas

Butler County (county code BU) is a located in South Central, in the. The county's population was estimated to be 63,147 in the year 2006, making it the eighth largest in the state. Its and most populous city is. The county is a part of the. It was named in honor of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,746 (1,446 ), of which 3,698 km² (1,428 sq mi) is land and 48 km² (19 sq mi), or 1.28%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Butler County's population was estimated to be 63,147 in the year 2006, an increase of 3,450, or +5.8%, over the previous six years; it has the seventh fastest growing and eighth largest population in the state.

As of the, there were 59,482 people, 21,527 households, and 16,059 families residing in the county. The was 16/km² (42/sq mi). There were 23,176 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The of the county was 94.94%, 1.38%  or , 0.91% , 0.40% , 0.03% , 0.66% from other races, and 1.69%. or of any race were 2.25% of the population.



There were 21,527 s out of which 37.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.60% were living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.40% were non-families. 21.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.60% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 28.80% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.

The in the county was $45,474, and the median income for a family was $53,632. Males had a median income of $38,675 versus $26,109 for females. The for the county was $20,150. About 5.40% of families and 7.30% of the population were below the, including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 6.40% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2005 estimate):
 * , 12,659 (county seat)
 * , 9,114
 * , 8,608
 * , 3,896
 * , 1,799
 * , 1,355
 * , 817
 * , 648
 * , 639
 * , 438
 * , 208
 * , 164
 * , 128

Unincorporated places

 * Brainerd
 * DeGraff
 * Gordon
 * Haverhill
 * Keighley
 * Rosalia
 * Smileyberg
 * Rosalia
 * Smileyberg

Townships
Butler County is divided into twenty-nine. 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

 * Bluestem USD 205 (Web site)
 * Remington USD 206 (Web site)
 * Circle USD 375 (Web site)
 * Andover USD 385 (Web site)
 * Rose Hill USD 394 (Web site)
 * Douglass USD 396 (Web site)
 * Augusta USD 402 (Web site)
 * El Dorado USD 490 (Web site)
 * Flinthills USD 492 (Web site)