Law and government
Following amendment to the
Kansas Constitution in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or
dry, county until 1996, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,513
km² (584
mi²), of which 1,510 km² (583 mi²) is land and 4 km² (1 mi²), or 0.24%, is water.
Demographics
Anderson County's population was estimated to be 8,051 in the year 2006, a decrease of 49, or -0.6%, over the previous six years.
[Annual estimates of the population to 2006-07-01. Released 2007-03-22. Six year change is from 2000-07-01 to 2006-07-01.]
As of the
U.S. Census in 2000,there were 8,110 people, 3,221 households, and 2,264 families residing in the county. The
population density was 5/km² (14/mi²). There were 3,596 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/mi²). The
racial makeup of the county was 97.41%
White, 0.32%
Black or
African American, 0.74%
Native American, 0.22%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 0.95% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.09% of the population. 35.0% were of
German, 20.4%
American, 10.4%
English and 9.9%
Irish ancestry according to
Census 2000.
There were 3,221
households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.90% were
married couples living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 24.60% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 20.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.50 males.
The
median income for a household in the county was $33,244, and the median income for a family was $39,101. Males had a median income of $30,102 versus $20,705 for females. The
per capita income for the county was $16,458. About 10.60% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 16.30% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.
Townships
Anderson County is divided into fourteen
townships. The city of
Garnett 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.
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! Township !! FIPS !! Population
center
! Population !! Population
density
/km² (/mi²)
! Land area
km² (mi²) !! Water area
km² (mi²) !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|-
| Indian Creek || 34050 || || 132 || 1 (3) || 125 (48) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || |-
| Jackson || 34725 || || 453 || 5 (13) || 88 (34) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || |-
| Lincoln || 40475 || || 208 || 2 (4) || 128 (49) || 0 (0) || 0.22% || |-
| Lone Elm || 42450 || || 239 || 2 (5) || 120 (46) || 0 (0) || 0.21% || |-
| Monroe || 47725 || || 349 || 5 (12) || 74 (29) || 0 (0) || 0.11% || |-
| North Rich || 51325 || || 112 || 2 (5) || 62 (24) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || |-
| Ozark || 53900 || Colony || 565 || 6 (16) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || |-
| Putnam || 58000 || || 284 || 3 (8) || 87 (34) || 0 (0) || 0.11% || |-
| Reeder || 58825 || || 427 || 2 (6) || 187 (72) || 1 (0) || 0.44% || |-
| Rich || 59175 || Kincaid || 346 || 4 (11) || 78 (30) || 0 (0) || 0.21% || |-
| Walker || 74650 || Greeley || 668 || 6 (15) || 117 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.38% || |-
| Washington || 75500 || || 268 || 3 (7) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.19% || |-
| Welda || 76450 || || 301 || 3 (7) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.22% || |-
| Westphalia || 77275 || Westphalia || 390 || 3 (8) || 134 (52) || 1 (0) || 0.38% || |-
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