Atchison County, Kansas

Atchison County (county code AT) is a located in Northeast, in the. The population was estimated to be in the year. Its and most populous city is. The county is named in honor of, a from.

Law and government
Atchison County was a prohibition, or, county until the was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,127 (435 ), of which 1,120 km² (432 sq mi) is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi), or 0.62%, is water.

On, , to mark , the named Independence Creek (River) located near the city of  (see ).

Adjacent counties

 * (northeast)
 * (northeast)
 * (southeast)
 * (southeast)
 * (south)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
Atchison County's population was estimated to be in the year,.

As of the, there were 16,774 people, 6,275 households, and 4,279 families residing in the county. The was 15/km² (39/sq mi). There were 6,818 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The of the county was 91.62%, 5.32%  or , 0.55% , 0.34% , 0.06% , 0.51% from other races, and 1.59% from. or of any race were 1.95% of the population.



There were 6,275 s out of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.30% were living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 11.30% from 18 to 24, 24.50% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.30 males.

The in the county was $34,355, and the median income for a family was $40,614. Males had a median income of $29,481 versus $20,485 for females. The for the county was $15,207. About 7.90% of families and 13.30% of the population were below the, including 13.80% of those under age 18 and 17.90% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population ( estimate):
 * , (county seat)

Unincorporated places

 * Arlington
 * Cummings
 * Farmington
 * Kennekuk
 * Larkinburg
 * Monrovia
 * Oak Mills
 * Parnell
 * Potter
 * St. Pats
 * Shannon
 * Shannon

Townships
Atchison County is divided into eight. 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

 * Atchison County Community USD 377 (Web site)
 * Atchison USD 409 (Web site)