Wichita County (standaardafkorting: WH) is een county in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas. In de volkstelling van 2010 woonden er 2.234 mensen. De hoofdstad is Leoti.
Wichita County, Kansas
Geschiedenis
19e eeuw
In 1886 werd Wichita County opgericht.
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 719 vierkante mijl (1.860 km2 ). Dat is allemaal land.
Grote snelwegen
Kansas Highway 25
Kansas Highway 96
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 14 | - | ||
| 1,827 | 12,950.0% | ||
| 1900 | 1,197 | -34.5% | |
| 1910 | 2,006 | 67.6% | |
| 1920 | 1,856 | -7.5% | |
| 1930 | 2,579 | 39.0% | |
| 1940 | 2,185 | -15.3% | |
| 1950 | 2,640 | 20.8% | |
| 1960 | 2,765 | 4.7% | |
| 1970 | 3,274 | 18.4% | |
| 1980 | 3,041 | -7.1% | |
| 1990 | 2,758 | -9.3% | |
| 2000 | 2,531 | -8.2% | |
| 2010 | 2,234 | -11.7% | |
| Est. 2016 | 2,112 | -5.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen
| Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 80.4% 769 | 14.6% 140 | 4.9% 47 |
| 2012 | 83.2% 821 | 15.9% 157 | 0.9% 9 |
| 2008 | 82.4% 840 | 16.0% 163 | 1.6% 16 |
| 2004 | 81.8% 869 | 17.2% 183 | 0.9% 10 |
| 2000 | 78.8% 859 | 19.0% 207 | 2.2% 24 |
| 1996 | 71.1% 796 | 21.4% 239 | 7.5% 84 |
| 1992 | 55.4% 681 | 19.6% 241 | 25.0% 308 |
| 1988 | 62.8% 721 | 34.8% 399 | 2.4% 28 |
| 1984 | 78.9% 916 | 20.0% 232 | 1.1% 13 |
| 1980 | 70.0% 880 | 24.1% 303 | 6.0% 75 |
| 1976 | 47.9% 593 | 49.6% 614 | 2.5% 31 |
| 1972 | 69.9% 794 | 25.4% 288 | 4.8% 54 |
| 1968 | 60.4% 757 | 29.0% 364 | 10.6% 133 |
| 1964 | 44.2% 529 | 55.3% 662 | 0.5% 6 |
| 1960 | 55.6% 702 | 43.9% 554 | 0.5% 6 |
| 1956 | 70.4% 747 | 29.4% 312 | 0.2% 2 |
| 75.9% 910 | 23.0% 276 | 1.1% 13 | |
| 56.3% 606 | 41.1% 443 | 2.6% 28 | |
| 1944 | 64.3% 604 | 35.0% 329 | 0.6% 6 |
| 1940 | 59.1% 644 | 39.7% 433 | 1.2% 13 |
| 1936 | 41.1% 448 | 58.4% 637 | 0.6% 6 |
| 1932 | 32.9% 375 | 64.3% 732 | 2.8% 32 |
| 1928 | 54.9% 464 | 43.8% 370 | 1.3% 11 |
| 1924 | 62.7% 482 | 19.1% 147 | 18.2% 140 |
| 1920 | 73.9% 422 | 22.2% 127 | 3.9% 22 |
| 1916 | 44.0% 318 | 46.1% 333 | 9.8% 71 |
| 1912 | 22.1% 82 | 36.4% 135 | 41.5% 154 |
| 1908 | 54.3% 233 | 40.3% 173 | 5.4% 23 |
| 1904 | 67.3% 245 | 25.0% 91 | 7.7% 28 |
| 1900 | 60.4% 201 | 38.4% 128 | 1.2% 4 |
| 52.3% 214 | 46.9% 192 | 0.7% 3 | |
| 1892 | 53.3% 245 | 46.7% 215 | |
| 1888 | 59.4% 438 | 28.1% 207 | 12.6% 93 |
Wichita County is erg Republikeins. De laatste Democraat die de county won was Jimmy Carter in 1976. In de afgelopen zes verkiezingen won geen enkele Democraat meer dan twintig procent van de stemmen in Wichita County.
Wetten
Hoewel de grondwet van Kansas in 1986 werd gewijzigd om de verkoop van alcohol toe te staan, is Wichita County nog steeds een "droge" county.
Onderwijs
- Leoti USD 467
Gemeenschappen
Stad
- Leoti
Meer lezen
- Standaardatlas van Wichita County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 60 pagina's; 1920.