- State:KansasCounty:Bourbon CountyZips:66741,66754,66738,66716,66769,66779,66701Coordinates:37.85522562421338, -94.84929706124869Area total:639.09 sq. mi., 1655.24 sq. km, 409018.88 acresArea land:635.47 sq. mi., 1645.86 sq. km, 406701.44 acresArea water:3.62 sq. mi., 9.38 sq. km, 2317.44 acresEstablished:1855Capital seat:
Fort Scott
Address: 210 S National Ave
County Courthouse
Fort Scott, KS 66701-1330
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Bourbon County, Kansas, United States
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- Population:14,360; Population change: -5.36% (2010 - 2020)Population density:22.6 persons per square mileHousehold income:$37,259Households:4,070Unemployment rate:5.60% per 6,747 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.30%Income taxes:6.45%GDP:$622.35 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Bourbon County's population of Kansas of 20,553 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,46-fold to 9,508 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 51.81% female residents and 48.19% male residents live in as of 2020, 59.87% in Bourbon County, Kansas are married and the remaining 40.13% are single population.
As of 2020, 59.87% in Bourbon County, Kansas are married and the remaining 40.13% are single population.
- Housing units:6,770 residential units of which 83.69% share occupied residential units.
20.7 minutes is the average time that residents in Bourbon 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.
75.84% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 17.84% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.08% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.33% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Bourbon County, Kansas 61.53% are owner-occupied homes, another 21.20% are rented apartments, and the remaining 17.28% are vacant.
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The 50.33% of the population in Bourbon 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 = 62.530%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 35.300%) of those eligible to vote in Bourbon County, Kansas.
