Labette County, Kansas

Labette County (standard abbreviation: LB) is a located in southeast , in the central. The population was estimated to be 22,169 in the year 2005. Its is, and its most populous city is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,692 (653 ), of which 1,680 km² (649 sq mi) is land and 12 km² (4 sq mi), or 0.69%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Labette County's population was estimated to be 22,169 in the year 2005, a decrease of 580, or -2.6%, over the previous five years.

As of the, there were 22,835 people, 9,194 households, and 6,114 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (35/sq mi). There were 10,306 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The makeup of the county was 89.28%, 4.66%  or , 1.95%  or , 0.32% , 0.01% , 1.20% from other races, and 2.58% from. or of any race were 3.07% of the population.



There were 9,194 households out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.10% were living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 29.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.00 males.

The in the county was $30,875, and the median income for a family was $37,519. Males had a median income of $29,043 versus $21,706 for females. The for the county was $15,525. About 8.90% of families and 12.70% of the population were below the, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 11.90% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2005 estimate):
 * , 11,212
 * , 1,996 (county seat)
 * , 1,231
 * , 1,065
 * , 422
 * , 414
 * , 124
 * , 68

Unincorporated places

 * Montana
 * Strauss
 * Valeda
 * Strauss
 * Valeda

Townships
Labette County is divided into sixteen. 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

 * Cherokee USD 247 (Web site) is a 300 square mile primarily covering portions of  and  counties, but also includes small portions of Labette and  counties.
 * Parsons USD 503 (Web site)
 * Oswego USD 504 (Web site)
 * Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505 (Web site)
 * Labette County USD 506 (Web site)