Kiowa County, Kansas

Kiowa County (standard abbreviation: KW) is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 3,278. The largest city and is.

The county, particularly Greensburg, was devastated by on,.

Law and government
Although the was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Kiowa County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,872 (723 ). 1,871 km² (722 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water.

Kiowa County has a large number of iron-rich s in its soil due to the fall over 10 thousand years ago.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,278 people, 1,365 households, and 924 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (4/sq mi). There were 1,643 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.19%, 0.21% or , 0.61% , 0.27% , 0.98% from , and 0.73% from two or more races. 2.04% of the population were or  of any race.



There were 1,365 households out of which 27.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were living together, 5.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 30.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.00% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 21.80% from 25 to 44, 24.60% from 45 to 64, and 21.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,576, and the median income for a family was $40,950. Males had a median income of $29,063 versus $20,764 for females. The for the county was $17,207. About 7.40% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the, including 13.50% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 1,452 (county seat)
 * , 589
 * , 266

Unincorporated towns

 * Wellsford
 * Wellsford

Townships
Kiowa County has only one, and none of the cities within the county are considered governmentally independent; all figures for the township include those of the cities.

Unified school districts

 * Greensburg USD 422 (all school facilities destroyed; closed for remainder of 2006-07 school year)
 * Mullinville USD 324
 * Haviland USD 474

Higher education

 * , Haviland