Woodson County (standaardafkorting: WO) is een county in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas. In de volkstelling van 2010 woonden er 3.309 mensen. De hoofdstad is Yates Center.
Woodson County, Kansas
Geschiedenis
19e eeuw
In 1855 werd Woodson County opgericht.
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 505 vierkante mijl (1.310 km2 ). Daarvan is 498 vierkante mijl (1.290 km2 ) land en 7,4 vierkante mijl (19 km2 ) (1,5%) water.
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1,488 | - | ||
| 1870 | 3,827 | 157.2% | |
| 6,535 | 70.8% | ||
| 9,021 | 38.0% | ||
| 1900 | 10,022 | 11.1% | |
| 1910 | 9,450 | -5.7% | |
| 1920 | 8,984 | -4.9% | |
| 1930 | 8,526 | -5.1% | |
| 1940 | 8,014 | -6.0% | |
| 1950 | 6,711 | -16.3% | |
| 1960 | 5,423 | -19.2% | |
| 1970 | 4,789 | -11.7% | |
| 1980 | 4,600 | -3.9% | |
| 1990 | 4,116 | -10.5% | |
| 2000 | 3,788 | -8.0% | |
| 2010 | 3,309 | -12.6% | |
| Est. 2016 | 3,165 | -4.4% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
Uitslag van de presidentsverkiezingen
| Uitslag van de presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 75.0% 1,082 | 18.9% 273 | 6.1% 88 |
| 2012 | 71.5% 1,035 | 26.3% 380 | 2.2% 32 |
| 2008 | 66.0% 1,055 | 32.0% 512 | 2.0% 32 |
| 2004 | 68.3% 1,204 | 30.1% 530 | 1.6% 29 |
| 2000 | 61.1% 974 | 32.7% 521 | 6.3% 100 |
| 1996 | 52.0% 953 | 32.6% 598 | 15.3% 281 |
| 1992 | 35.5% 662 | 31.6% 590 | 32.9% 614 |
| 1988 | 57.5% 1,062 | 41.2% 761 | 1.3% 24 |
| 1984 | 69.4% 1,408 | 29.4% 596 | 1.3% 26 |
| 1980 | 65.6% 1,435 | 29.5% 646 | 4.9% 108 |
| 1976 | 54.1% 1,104 | 44.3% 904 | 1.6% 33 |
| 1972 | 72.6% 1,592 | 25.1% 550 | 2.3% 51 |
| 1968 | 62.6% 1,450 | 27.6% 639 | 9.8% 226 |
| 1964 | 52.6% 1,279 | 46.4% 1,128 | 1.0% 24 |
| 1960 | 67.4% 1,853 | 32.3% 888 | 0.4% 10 |
| 1956 | 70.9% 2,171 | 28.4% 870 | 0.7% 22 |
| 76.3% 2,594 | 23.1% 786 | 0.6% 20 | |
| 62.6% 1,997 | 35.9% 1,145 | 1.5% 49 | |
| 1944 | 69.6% 2,308 | 30.1% 999 | 0.3% 11 |
| 1940 | 64.9% 2,637 | 34.4% 1,398 | 0.7% 30 |
| 1936 | 55.5% 2,374 | 44.0% 1,884 | 0.5% 20 |
| 1932 | 45.2% 1,842 | 52.0% 2,119 | 2.9% 117 |
| 1928 | 76.6% 2,885 | 22.7% 855 | 0.7% 27 |
| 1924 | 63.2% 2,412 | 26.9% 1,026 | 10.0% 380 |
| 1920 | 68.7% 2,253 | 28.8% 944 | 2.5% 82 |
| 1916 | 48.2% 1,861 | 46.5% 1,794 | 5.3% 205 |
| 1912 | 29.1% 694 | 37.8% 900 | 33.1% 788 |
| 1908 | 53.2% 1,252 | 44.5% 1,047 | 2.3% 53 |
| 1904 | 63.6% 1,490 | 28.0% 657 | 8.4% 197 |
| 1900 | 55.5% 1,418 | 43.7% 1,115 | 0.8% 20 |
| 51.6% 1,288 | 47.6% 1,189 | 0.8% 21 | |
| 1892 | 50.2% 1,071 | 49.8% 1,064 | |
| 1888 | 52.0% 1,149 | 26.9% 595 | 21.1% 467 |
Woodson County is erg Republikeins. De enige Democraat die de county won was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Woodrow Wilson won een meerderheid in 1912.
Onderwijs
Geünificeerde schooldistricten
- Woodson USD 366
Gemeenschappen
Steden
- Yates Centrum
- Toronto
- Neosho Falls
Spooksteden
- Defiance - ligt zes mijl ten oosten van Yates Center. De mensen verhuisden naar Yates Center nadat het in 1876 was gekozen als de permanente provinciezetel.
- Kalida - ligt twee mijl ten zuiden van Yates Center. De mensen verhuisden naar Yates Center nadat het was gekozen als de permanente county-zetel in 1876.
Meer lezen
- Standaardatlas van Woodson County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 38 pagina's; 1904.