Marion County, Kansas

Marion County (standard abbreviation: MN) is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 13,361. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,470 (954 ). 2,443 km² (943 sq mi) of it is land and 27 km² (10 sq mi) of it (1.09%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,361 people, 5,114 households, and 3,687 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (14/sq mi). There were 5,882 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.06%, 0.47% or , 0.59% , 0.19% , 0.01% , 0.55% from , and 1.14% from two or more races. 1.92% of the population were or  of any race.



There were 5,114 households out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.80% were living together, 5.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 23.50% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 21.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,500, and the median income for a family was $41,386. Males had a median income of $30,236 versus $21,119 for females. The for the county was $16,100. About 4.80% of families and 8.30% of the population were below the, including 9.50% of those under age 18 and 9.70% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 2,750
 * , 2,010
 * , 1,321
 * , 655
 * , 548
 * , 271
 * , 220
 * , 210
 * , 144
 * , 111
 * , 92
 * , 69

Unincorporated places

 * Pilsen

Townships
Marion County is divided into twenty-four. The cities of, , and are considered governmentally independent and are 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

 * Centre USD 397
 * Peabody-Burns USD 398
 * Marion USD 408
 * Hillsboro,Lehigh,Durham USD 410
 * Goessel USD 411