- State:KansasCounty:Barton CountyZips:67511,67564,67567,67525,67544,67526,67530Coordinates:38.4789639972779, -98.75646432049126Area total:900.63 sq. mi., 2332.63 sq. km, 576405.76 acresArea land:895.26 sq. mi., 2318.71 sq. km, 572964.48 acresArea water:5.38 sq. mi., 13.93 sq. km, 3441.28 acresEstablished:1872Capital seat:
Great Bend
Address: 1400 Main St Ste 106
County Courthouse
Great Bend, KS 67530-4037
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Barton County, Kansas, United States
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- Population:25,493; Population change: -7.88% (2010 - 2020)Population density:28.5 persons per square mileHousehold income:$40,540Households:5,914Unemployment rate:4.60% per 13,680 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.80%Income taxes:6.45%GDP:$1.22 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Barton County's population of Kansas of 22,386 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,64-fold to 14,360 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 51.36% female residents and 48.64% male residents live in as of 2020, 60.30% in Barton County, Kansas are married and the remaining 39.70% are single population.
As of 2020, 60.30% in Barton County, Kansas are married and the remaining 39.70% are single population.
- Housing units:12,370 residential units of which 86.01% share occupied residential units.
17.8 minutes is the average time that residents in Barton 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.
84.68% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 8.85% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.22% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.23% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Barton County, Kansas 63.19% are owner-occupied homes, another 24.70% are rented apartments, and the remaining 12.11% are vacant.
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The 73.43% of the population in Barton 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 = 70.560%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 27.380%) of those eligible to vote in Barton County, Kansas.
