Rice County (standaardafkorting: RC) is een county in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas. In 2010 woonden er 10.083 mensen. De zetel van de county is Lyons. Lyons is ook de grootste stad in Rice County. De county is vernoemd naar Samuel Allen Rice, brigadegeneraal van de vrijwilligers van de Verenigde Staten, die op 30 april 1864 bij Jenkins Ferry in Arkansas sneuvelde.
Rice County, Kansas
Geschiedenis
In 1867 werd Rice County opgericht.
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 728 vierkante mijl (1.890 km2 ). Daarvan is 726 vierkante mijl (1.880 km2 ) land en 1,7 vierkante mijl (4,4 km2 ) (0,2%) water.
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 5 | - | |
| 9,292 | 185,740.0% | ||
| 14,451 | 55.5% | ||
| 1900 | 14,745 | 2.0% | |
| 1910 | 15,106 | 2.4% | |
| 1920 | 14,832 | -1.8% | |
| 1930 | 13,800 | -7.0% | |
| 1940 | 17,213 | 24.7% | |
| 1950 | 15,635 | -9.2% | |
| 1960 | 13,909 | -11.0% | |
| 1970 | 12,320 | -11.4% | |
| 1980 | 11,900 | -3.4% | |
| 1990 | 10,610 | -10.8% | |
| 2000 | 10,761 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 10,083 | -6.3% | |
| Est. 2016 | 9,831 | -2.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen
| Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 74.6% 2,837 | 18.3% 695 | 7.2% 272 |
| 2012 | 72.7% 2,676 | 24.8% 911 | 2.6% 94 |
| 2008 | 69.1% 2,780 | 28.9% 1,163 | 1.9% 78 |
| 2004 | 72.7% 3,182 | 25.8% 1,130 | 1.5% 64 |
| 2000 | 64.2% 2,903 | 31.5% 1,422 | 4.3% 195 |
| 1996 | 59.3% 2,842 | 29.9% 1,434 | 10.7% 513 |
| 1992 | 40.9% 2,158 | 29.5% 1,555 | 29.6% 1,558 |
| 1988 | 53.9% 2,503 | 43.8% 2,033 | 2.4% 109 |
| 1984 | 68.7% 3,598 | 29.8% 1,559 | 1.6% 82 |
| 1980 | 57.7% 3,211 | 33.2% 1,847 | 9.2% 510 |
| 1976 | 44.8% 2,584 | 53.0% 3,056 | 2.2% 125 |
| 1972 | 66.2% 3,843 | 31.5% 1,825 | 2.3% 135 |
| 1968 | 56.2% 3,141 | 36.7% 2,049 | 7.1% 396 |
| 1964 | 39.2% 2,390 | 60.1% 3,665 | 0.7% 43 |
| 1960 | 64.8% 4,329 | 34.9% 2,328 | 0.3% 23 |
| 1956 | 70.5% 4,638 | 29.3% 1,926 | 0.3% 17 |
| 74.5% 5,572 | 24.5% 1,832 | 1.0% 74 | |
| 58.2% 4,002 | 40.0% 2,752 | 1.9% 128 | |
| 1944 | 61.1% 4,024 | 38.1% 2,505 | 0.8% 55 |
| 1940 | 56.5% 4,792 | 42.9% 3,635 | 0.7% 56 |
| 1936 | 40.2% 3,318 | 59.5% 4,905 | 0.3% 22 |
| 1932 | 49.3% 3,107 | 48.2% 3,037 | 2.5% 154 |
| 1928 | 74.1% 4,321 | 25.1% 1,462 | 0.9% 52 |
| 1924 | 68.5% 3,920 | 22.8% 1,303 | 8.7% 497 |
| 1920 | 69.0% 3,651 | 28.9% 1,532 | 2.1% 112 |
| 1916 | 42.6% 2,494 | 47.9% 2,801 | 9.5% 557 |
| 1912 | 20.6% 697 | 38.8% 1,314 | 40.7% 1,378 |
| 1908 | 51.4% 1,832 | 39.4% 1,407 | 9.2% 329 |
| 1904 | 64.2% 1,994 | 23.4% 727 | 12.5% 387 |
| 1900 | 54.4% 2,013 | 41.3% 1,527 | 4.3% 159 |
| 48.8% 1,729 | 48.8% 1,731 | 2.5% 87 | |
| 1892 | 46.8% 1,724 | 53.2% 1,961 | |
| 1888 | 57.8% 1,851 | 29.2% 934 | 13.1% 418 |
Onderwijs
Geünificeerde schooldistricten
- USD 328, Lorraine, bedient Bushton en het noordwesten van de provincie.
- USD 376, Sterling
- USD 401, Chase
- USD 405, Lyons
- USD 444, Little River
Hogescholen en universiteiten
- Sterling College, een particuliere vierjarige christelijke hogeschool, is in Sterling.
Gemeenschappen
Steden
- Alden
- Bushton
- Chase
- Frederick
- Geneseo
- Little River
- Lyons
- Raymond
- Sterling
Meer lezen
County
- Standaardatlas van Rice County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 75 pagina's; 1919.
- Plat Book of Rice County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 44 pagina's; 1902.
- Handboek van Rick County, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 38 pagina's; 1888.
Trails
- The Story of the Marking of the Santa Fe Trail by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Kansas and the State of Kansas; Almira Cordry; Crane Co; 164 blz.; 1915.
- The National Old Trails Road To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC); Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pagina's; 1916.