Norton County, Kansas

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Norton County, Kansas
Map
Location in the state of Kansas
Kansas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	February 26, 1867
Seat	Norton
Area - Total - Land - Water	881 sq mi (2,283 km²) 878 sq mi (2,274 km²) 4 sq mi (9 km²), 0.40%
Population^Est. - (2005) - Density	5,664 6.5/sq mi (2.5/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5

Norton County (standard abbreviation: NT) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of 2000, the population is 5,953. The largest city and county seat is Norton.

1 Law and government
2 Geography
- 2.1 Adjacent counties
3 Demographics
4 Cities and towns
- 4.1 Incorporated cities
5 Townships
6 Education
- 6.1 Unified school districts
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Law and government

Following amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or "dry", county until 1992, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.^[1]

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 881 square miles (2,283 km²), of which, 878 square miles (2,274 km²) of it is land and 4 square miles (9 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.

[edit] Adjacent counties

Furnas County, Nebraska (north)
Harlan County, Nebraska (northeast)
Phillips County (east)
Graham County (south)
Sheridan County (southwest)
Decatur County (west)

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	11,325	—
1910	11,614	2.6%
1920	11,423	-1.6%
1930	11,701	2.4%
1940	9,831	-16.0%
1950	8,808	-10.4%
1960	8,035	-8.8%
1970	7,279	-9.4%
1980	6,689	-8.1%
1990	5,947	-11.1%
2000	5,953	0.1%

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 5,953 people, 2,266 households, and 1,470 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile (3/km²). There were 2,673 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.35% White, 4.05% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. 2.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Age pyramid

There were 2,266 households out of which 28.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.50% were married couples living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.10% were non-families. 32.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.00% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 19.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 122.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,050, and the median income for a family was $37,036. Males had a median income of $25,983 versus $20,381 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,835. About 6.10% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.70% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Cities and towns

Map of Norton County from KDOT (map legend)

[edit] Incorporated cities

Name and population (2004 estimate):

Norton, 2,889
Almena, 465
Lenora, 294
Clayton, 65
Edmond, 46

[edit] Townships

Norton County is divided into five townships. The city of Norton 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.

Sources: 2000 U.S. Gazetteer from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Township	FIPS	Population	Population density /km² (/sq mi)	Land area km² (sq mi)	Water area km² (sq mi)	Water %	Geographic coordinates
Almena-District 4	01450	614	2 (6)	278 (107)	0 (0)	0 %	39°53′10″N, 99°41′2″W
Center-District 1	12260	1,382	2 (5)	654 (253)	0 (0)	0.08%	39°53′43″N, 99°57′2″W
Harrison-District 6	30460	12	0 (0)	93 (36)	0 (0)	0.02%	39°56′54″N, 99°48′25″W
Highland-District 2	32060	737	1 (3)	748 (289)	9 (3)	1.13%	39°41′24″N, 100°1′49″W
Solomon-District 3	66410	196	0 (1)	496 (192)	0 (0)	0.02%	39°40′38″N, 99°45′56″W