Haskell County, Kansas

Haskell County (county code HS) is a located in Southwest, in the. The population was estimated to be 4,171 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city 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, Haskell County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

History
Scholar John Barry has proposed that Haskell County was the location of the first outbreak of the of 1918, which may have killed as many as 100,000,000 people.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,496 (578 ), of which 1,495 km² (577 sq mi) is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi), or 0.06%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Haskell County's population was estimated to be 4,171 in the year 2006, a decrease of 135, or -3.1%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 4,307 people, 1,481 households, and 1,153 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 1,639 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The of the county was 85.07%, 0.63% , 0.58% , 0.19%  or , 11.45% from other races, and 2.09% from. or of any race were 23.57% of the population.



There were 1,481 s out of which 43.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.40% were living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.10% were non-families. 20.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the county the population was spread out with 32.90% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 103.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males.

The in the county was $38,634, and the median income for a family was $43,354. Males had a median income of $31,296 versus $22,857 for females. The for the county was $17,349. About 8.00% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the, including 15.40% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 1,592 (county seat)
 * , 1,196

Townships
Haskell County is divided into three. 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

 * Sublette USD 374
 * Santanta USD 507