HASKELL COUNTY, KANSAS


'Haskell County' (county code 'HS') is a county located in Southwest Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was estimated to be 4,171 in the year 2006. Its county seat and most populous city is Sublette.

Contents
Law and government
History
Geography
Adjacent counties
Demographics
Cities and towns
Incorporated cities
Townships
Education
Unified school districts
See also
References
External links

Law and government


Although the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Haskell County has remained a prohibition, or "dry", county.[1]

History


Scholar John Barry has proposed that Haskell County was the location of the first outbreak of the Spanish flu of 1918, which may have killed as many as 100,000,000 people.[2]

Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,496 km² (578 mi²), of which 1,495 km² (577 mi²) is land and 1 km² (0 mi²), or 0.06%, is water.
Adjacent counties


★ Finney County (north)

★ Gray County (east)

★ Meade County (southeast)

★ Seward County (south)

★ Stevens County (southwest)

★ Grant County (west)

★ Kearny County (northwest)

Demographics


Haskell County's population was estimated to be 4,171 in the year 2006, a decrease of 135, or -3.1%, over the previous six years.[3]
As of the U.S. Census in 2000, there were 4,307 people, 1,481 households, and 1,153 families residing in the county. The population density was 3/km² (8/mi²). There were 1,639 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 85.07% White, 0.63% Asian, 0.58% Native American, 0.19% Black or African American, 11.45% from other races, and 2.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.57% of the population.
Population pyramid

There were 1,481 households out of which 43.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.40% were married couples living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.10% were non-families. 20.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the county the population was spread out with 32.90% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 103.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $38,634, and the median income for a family was $43,354. Males had a median income of $31,296 versus $22,857 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,349. About 8.00% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.40% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns


Map of Haskell County ()

Incorporated cities

Name and population (2004 estimate):

★ Sublette, 1,592 (county seat)

★ Satanta, 1,196

Townships


Haskell County is divided into three townships. 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.

Education


Unified school districts


★ Sublette USD 374

★ Santanta USD 507

See also


References


1.
2. Barry, John. The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications, ''Journal of Translational Medicine'', 2:3. Accessed 2007-08-26.
3. 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.

External links


'Official sites'

★ Haskell County
'Additional information'

★ Blue Skyways

★ Kansas Statistical Abstract

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