Chautauqua County, Kansas

Chautauqua County (county code CQ) is a located in , in the. The population was 4,359 at the, and it was estimated to be 0 in the year. Its and most populous city is.

History
The first white settlers in the area that became Chautauqua County arrived in July 1868.

Chautauqua County was created by an act of the Kansas legislature on, by the division of  into  (the northern half) and Chautauqua County (the southern half). At the time of its creation, the county's population was about 7,400.

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

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,670 (645 ), of which 1,662 km² (642 sq mi) is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi), or 0.49%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

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

As of the, there were 4,359 people, 1,796 households, and 1,235 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 2,169 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The of the county was 93.83%, 0.30%  or , 3.58% , 0.07% , 0.05% , 0.34% from other races, and 1.84% from. or of any race were 1.35% of the population.



There were 1,796 s out of which 26.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.30% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 29.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 20.90% from 25 to 44, 25.20% from 45 to 64, and 24.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 93.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.20 males.

The in the county was $28,717, and the median income for a family was $33,871. Males had a median income of $25,083 versus $21,346 for females. The for the county was $16,280. About 9.00% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 10.60% of those age 65 or over.

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

Unincorporated places

 * Cloverdale
 * Hale
 * Wauneta
 * Wauneta

Townships
Doniphan County is divided into twelve. None of the cities within the county are considered governmentally independent, and all figures for the townships include those of the cities. 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

 * Cedar Vale USD 285
 * Chautauqua USD 286