Edwards County, Kansas

Edwards County (county code ED) is a located in Southwest, in the. The population was estimated to be 3,138 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,611 (622 ), of which 1,611 km² (622 sq mi) is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi), or 0.01%, is water.

Geographic Features
The flows through Edwards County from the southwest corner to the  line near. Since the early 1990s, however, the riverbed has contained little to no water, and can be waded across in most places.

Major Highways
Three U.S. Routes run through Edwards County, all meeting in. An east-west route, circumvents Belpre and Lewis before joining with westbound  in Kinsley. The single road then passes through Offerle and west into Ford County. runs from Kiowa County in the South to Kinsley, where it joins eastbound U.S. 56, running as a single highway to Panwee County. Kansas Highway K-19 starts at near Belpre, and travels North into Pawnee County.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Edwards County's population was estimated to be 3,138 in the year 2006, a decrease of 289, or -8.4%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 3,449 people, 1,455 households, and 955 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (6/sq mi). There were 1,754 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The of the county was 92.52%, 0.32%  or , 0.49% , 0.32% , 5.57% from other races, and 0.78% from. or of any race were 9.71% of the population.



There were 1,455 s out of which 28.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.30% were living together, 6.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.30% were non-families. 32.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 20.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.80 males.

The in the county was $30,530, and the median income for a family was $38,250. Males had a median income of $27,050 versus $20,132 for females. The for the county was $17,586. About 7.00% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the, including 14.40% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 1,559 (county seat)
 * , 476
 * , 215
 * , 101

Unincorporated places

 * Centerview
 * Fellsburg
 * Nettleton

Townships
Edwards County is divided into ten. 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

 * Kinsley-Offerle USD 347 (Web site)
 * Lewis USD 502