Ellsworth County, Kansas

Ellsworth County (county code EW) is a located in Central, in the. The population was estimated to be 6,332 in the year 2006. Its and most populous city is.

History
Ellsworth County was established,. The county was named after the old Fort Ellsworth, which was named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Allen Ellsworth of the 7th Iowa Cavalry (Company H), who supervised construction of the fort in 1864. On, , the fort was renamed in honor of General  who had died on , , from wounds received in an abortive offensive action in the. The fort was subsequently moved to a new site about one mile to the northeast, and the old fort's remaining buildings were ordered torn down in June 1867.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,874 (723 ), of which 1,854 km² (716 sq mi) is land and 20 km² (8 sq mi), or 1.04%, is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
Ellsworth County's population was estimated to be 6,332 in the year 2006, a decrease of 199, or -3.0%, over the previous six years.

As of the, there were 6,525 people, 2,481 households, and 1,639 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (9/sq mi). There were 3,228 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The of the county was 93.67%, 3.56%  or , 0.48% , 0.25% , 0.02% , 0.86% from other races, and 1.18% from. or of any race were 3.59% of the population.



There were 2,481 s out of which 27.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.20% were living together, 6.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.90% were non-families. 31.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county the population was spread out with 21.40% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 27.10% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 20.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 111.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.10 males.

The in the county was $35,772, and the median income for a family was $44,360. Males had a median income of $30,110 versus $20,486 for females. The for the county was $16,569. About 4.00% of families and 7.20% of the population were below the, including 7.50% of those under age 18 and 11.10% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 2,883 (county seat)
 * , 766
 * , 522
 * , 453
 * , 133

Unincorporated places

 * Arcola
 * Black Wolf
 * Carnelro
 * Langley
 * Terra Cotta
 * Venango
 * Yankee Run

Townships
Ellsworth County is divided into nineteen. 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

 * Ellsworth USD 327
 * Lorraine USD 328