Kearny County, Kansas

Kearny County (county code KE) is a located in Southwest, in the. The population was estimated to be 4,469 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is. The county is named in honor of General.

History
The original Kearney County was established on  and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between  and  counties. It was reestablished with its original borders in 1887, and organized on. The county is named in honor of, a officer in the  and a  general in the. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,257 (872 ), of which 2,256 km² (871 sq mi) is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi), or 0.05%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Kearny County's population was estimated to be 4,469 in the year 2006, a decrease of 39, or -0.9%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 4,531 people, 1,542 households, and 1,199 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 1,657 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The of the county was 80.34%, 0.55%  or , 0.86% , 0.31% , 0.09% , 15.71% from other races, and 2.14% from. or of any race were 26.55% of the population.



There were 1,542 s out of which 43.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.10% were living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.20% were non-families. 20.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the county the population was spread out with 34.30% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 27.10% from 25 to 44, 19.20% from 45 to 64, and 11.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 104.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.50 males.

The in the county was $40,149, and the median income for a family was $43,703. Males had a median income of $30,117 versus $20,179 for females. The for the county was $15,708. About 8.40% of families and 11.70% of the population were below the, including 15.90% of those under age 18 and 4.80% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 2,303 (county seat)
 * , 879

Townships
Kearny County is divided into seven. 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

 * Lakin USD 215 (Web site)
 * Deerfield USD 216 (Web site)