- State:KansasCounty:Kearny CountyZips:67838,67860Coordinates:38.00019640424189, -101.31986085535691Area total:870.98 sq. mi., 2255.83 sq. km, 557427.84 acresArea land:870.54 sq. mi., 2254.70 sq. km, 557147.52 acresArea water:0.44 sq. mi., 1.13 sq. km, 280.32 acresEstablished:1888Capital seat:
Lakin
Address: PO BOX 86
County Courthouse
Lakin, KS 67860-0086
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Kearny County, Kansas, United States
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- Population:3,983; Population change: 0.15% (2010 - 2020)Population density:4.6 persons per square mileHousehold income:$43,359Households:2,986Unemployment rate:2.70% per 2,035 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.30%Income taxes:6.45%GDP:$268.97 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Kearny County's population of Kansas of 11,674 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,64-fold to 7,470 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.76% female residents and 49.24% male residents live in as of 2020, 64.74% in Kearny County, Kansas are married and the remaining 35.26% are single population.
As of 2020, 64.74% in Kearny County, Kansas are married and the remaining 35.26% are single population.
- Housing units:1,581 residential units of which 90.26% share occupied residential units.
15.9 minutes is the average time that residents in Kearny County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
76.50% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.10% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 6.10% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Kearny County, Kansas 61.48% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.34% are rented apartments, and the remaining 16.18% are vacant.
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The 63.20% of the population in Kearny County, Kansas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 78.210%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 20.850%) of those eligible to vote in Kearny County, Kansas.
