Woodson County, Kansas

Woodson County (standard abbreviation: WO) is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 3,788. Its is.

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, Woodson County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,309 (505 ). 1,297 km² (501 sq mi) of it is land and 13 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.96%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,788 people, 1,642 households, and 1,052 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 2,076 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.96%, 0.82% or , 0.87% , 0.05% , 0.24% from , and 1.06% from two or more races. 1.37% of the population were or  of any race.



There were 1,642 households out of which 25.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.80% were living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.90% were non-families. 33.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.70% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 24.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,335, and the median income for a family was $31,369. Males had a median income of $23,950 versus $16,135 for females. The for the county was $14,283. About 10.20% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 17.20% of those under age 18 and 13.20% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 1,488 (county seat)
 * , 291
 * , 172

Townships
Woodson County is divided into six. The city of is considered governmentally independent and is 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

 * Woodson USD 366