Meade County, Kansas

Meade County (standard abbreviation: ME) is a located in the  of. It is named in honor of General. As of, the population was 4,631. The largest city and 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, Meade County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,537 (980 ). 2,534 km² (978 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,631 people, 1,728 households, and 1,252 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 1,968 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.10%, 0.39% or , 0.54% , 0.22% , 6.24% from , and 1.51% from two or more races. 10.90% of the population were or  of any race.



There were 1,728 households out of which 36.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.70% were living together, 4.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.50% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.50% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 19.20% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,761, and the median income for a family was $41,550. Males had a median income of $29,295 versus $20,153 for females. The for the county was $16,824. About 6.70% of families and 9.30% of the population were below the, including 11.90% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 1,624
 * , 1,154
 * , 572

Townships
Meade County is divided into nine. 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

 * Fowler USD 225
 * Meade USD 226