Stevens County, Kansas

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Stevens County is a one of the county from Kansas's 105 counties, located in Midwestern Region (West North Central) of United States. Stevens County had an official population of 5463 in 2000. Its population was estimated at 5056 in July 2008, It is 68th most populous county in Kansas. It is spread over 727.71 mi˛ (1884.76 square kilometre), of which, 727.53 square miles (1884.29 square kilometre ) of it is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 square kilometre) of it is water, giving it the 55th largest by total area among Kansas's county.


As of the census of 2000, there were 5463 residents, 1988 households, and 1457 families in the county. The population density was 7.5 people per square mile (2.9/km˛), it would be the 63rd most densely populated county in the U.S. state of Kansas. There were 2265 housing units at an average density of 3.1 per square mile (1.2/km˛). It has an average household size was 2.72 persons, and the average family size was 3.27 persons. In the county the population was distributed as follows: 31.2% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males. According to July 2008 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the county is 5056, The racial makeup of the county was 4860 White, 62 Black or African American, 71 American Indian, 14 Asian, 1 Native Hawaiian, and 48 from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $41830, making its Kansas's seventh highest county by median household income. The median income for a family in the county was $49063, it is the tenth wealthiest county in terms of median family income. The per capita income for the county was $17814, it is Kansas's 31st wealthiest county by per capita income.

In 2000, 1570 pupils and students, of which 754 are male and 816 are female, 28.74% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 94 nursery or pri school, 96 kindergarten, 745 elementary school, 451 high school and 184 College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Hugoton City	Stevens County	1.78	1.78	0	3708	2084.6	17115	41932
2	Moscow City	Stevens County	0.17	0.17	0	247	1418.7	13463	31136

Year	Population
April 2000 census	5463
April 2000 Estimate	5463
July 2000 Estimate	5448
July 2001 Estimate	5359
July 2002 Estimate	5318
July 2003 Estimate	5292
July 2004 Estimate	5386
July 2005 Estimate	5303
July 2006 Estimate	5151
July 2007 Estimate	5040
July 2008 Estimate	5056

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	47	47	94
Kindergarten	61	35	96
Elementary school	354	391	745
High school	232	219	451
College or graduate school	60	124	184

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Stevens County, Kansas	$41830	$49063	$17814
Kansas, United States	$40624	$49624	$20506
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587