Comanche County, Kansas

Comanche County (county code CM) is a located in Southwest, in the. The population was estimated to be 1,884 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, Comanche County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,045 (790 ), of which 2,042 km² (788 sq mi) is land and 4 km² (1 sq mi), or 0.18%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
Comanche County's population was estimated to be 1,884 in the year 2006, a decrease of 72, or -3.7%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 1,967 people, 872 households, and 540 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 1,088 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (1/sq mi). The of the county was 97.97%, 0.05%  or , 0.25% , 0.05% , 0.20% , 0.61% from other races, and 0.86% from. or of any race were 1.78% of the population.



There were 872 s out of which 24.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.40% were living together, 6.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.00% were non-families. 35.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.10% under the age of 18, 4.50% from 18 to 24, 21.00% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45 to 64, and 25.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.50 males.

The in the county was $29,415, and the median income for a family was $36,790. Males had a median income of $24,844 versus $18,221 for females. The for the county was $17,037. About 8.50% of families and 10.20% of the population were below the, including 9.70% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 763
 * , 533
 * , 56

Townships
Comanche County is divided into four. 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

 * Comanche County USD 300