- State:KansasCounty:Brown CountyZips:66515,66527,66425,66532,66424,66439,66434Coordinates:39.82649905571689, -95.56421980014996Area total:572.11 sq. mi., 1481.75 sq. km, 366147.20 acresArea land:570.87 sq. mi., 1478.55 sq. km, 365357.44 acresArea water:1.23 sq. mi., 3.20 sq. km, 789.76 acresEstablished:1855Capital seat:
Hiawatha
Address: 601 Oregon St
County Courthouse
Hiawatha, KS 66434-2241
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Brown County, Kansas, United States
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- Population:9,508; Population change: -4.77% (2010 - 2020)Population density:16.7 persons per square mileHousehold income:$39,076Households:23,248Unemployment rate:4.50% per 5,153 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.30%Income taxes:6.45%GDP:$505.36 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Brown County's population of Kansas of 35,904 residents in 1930 has increased 1,88-fold to 67,380 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 49.61% female residents and 50.39% male residents live in as of 2020, 65.26% in Brown County, Kansas are married and the remaining 34.74% are single population.
As of 2020, 65.26% in Brown County, Kansas are married and the remaining 34.74% are single population.
- Housing units:4,482 residential units of which 85.70% share occupied residential units.
19.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Brown 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.
80.48% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 9.56% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 6.04% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Brown County, Kansas 60.74% are owner-occupied homes, another 24.36% are rented apartments, and the remaining 14.91% are vacant.
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The 58.16% of the population in Brown 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 = 68.210%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 30.100%) of those eligible to vote in Brown County, Kansas.
