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Pottawatomie County (standard abbreviation: PT) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 25,348 people lived there.[1] The county seat is Westmoreland.[2] The county is named after the Potawatomi group of Native Americans.
Pottawatomie County | |
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Coordinates: 39°20′00″N 96°18′00″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
Founded | February 20, 1857 |
Named for | Potawatomi tribe |
Seat | Westmoreland |
Largest city | Manhattan |
Area | |
• Total | 862 sq mi (2,230 km2) |
• Land | 841 sq mi (2,180 km2) |
• Water | 21 sq mi (50 km2) 2.4% |
Population | |
• Total | 25,348 |
• Density | 30.1/sq mi (11.6/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | pottcounty.org |
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 862 square miles (2,230 km2). Of that 841 square miles (2,180 km2) is land and 21 square miles (54 km2) (2.4%) is water.[3]
Census | Pop. | %± | |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 1,529 | — | |
1870 | 7,848 | 413.3% | |
1880 | 16,350 | 108.3% | |
1890 | 17,722 | 8.4% | |
1900 | 18,470 | 4.2% | |
1910 | 17,522 | −5.1% | |
1920 | 16,154 | −7.8% | |
1930 | 15,862 | −1.8% | |
1940 | 14,015 | −11.6% | |
1950 | 12,344 | −11.9% | |
1960 | 11,957 | −3.1% | |
1970 | 11,755 | −1.7% | |
1980 | 14,782 | 25.8% | |
1990 | 16,128 | 9.1% | |
2000 | 18,209 | 12.9% | |
2010 | 21,604 | 18.6% | |
2020 | 25,348 | 17.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[4] 1790-1960[5] 1900-1990[6] 1990-2000[7] 2010-2020[1] |
Pottawatomie County is part of the Manhattan Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 72.2% 9,452 | 25.3% 3,313 | 2.4% 318 |
2016 | 71.2% 7,612 | 20.8% 2,225 | 8.0% 856 |
2012 | 71.8% 6,804 | 24.6% 2,335 | 3.6% 340 |
2008 | 70.2% 6,929 | 26.3% 2,599 | 3.5% 349 |
2004 | 71.7% 6,326 | 24.7% 2,176 | 3.6% 321 |
2000 | 64.5% 4,985 | 26.4% 2,037 | 9.2% 709 |
1996 | 58.2% 4,504 | 25.8% 1,997 | 16.1% 1,243 |
1992 | 38.9% 3,106 | 26.3% 2,099 | 34.9% 2,785 |
1988 | 59.5% 3,897 | 38.9% 2,544 | 1.7% 108 |
1984 | 71.1% 4,598 | 27.8% 1,798 | 1.1% 72 |
1980 | 63.4% 3,895 | 28.1% 1,724 | 8.6% 525 |
1976 | 59.1% 3,483 | 39.3% 2,316 | 1.7% 98 |
1972 | 73.5% 3,947 | 24.2% 1,298 | 2.3% 124 |
1968 | 63.7% 3,267 | 26.7% 1,368 | 9.7% 495 |
1964 | 51.4% 2,606 | 48.0% 2,432 | 0.6% 32 |
1960 | 63.2% 3,666 | 36.6% 2,125 | 0.2% 13 |
1956 | 75.0% 4,335 | 24.6% 1,422 | 0.4% 25 |
1952 | 77.9% 4,944 | 21.9% 1,387 | 0.2% 12 |
1948 | 62.6% 3,709 | 36.6% 2,167 | 0.8% 45 |
1944 | 70.0% 4,074 | 29.7% 1,727 | 0.3% 18 |
1940 | 69.1% 5,045 | 30.5% 2,226 | 0.4% 28 |
1936 | 53.8% 3,977 | 44.4% 3,284 | 1.9% 137 |
1932 | 45.5% 3,339 | 53.2% 3,910 | 1.3% 97 |
1928 | 65.3% 4,451 | 34.4% 2,341 | 0.4% 24 |
1924 | 68.3% 4,340 | 23.1% 1,471 | 8.6% 545 |
1920 | 77.0% 4,481 | 22.2% 1,293 | 0.8% 49 |
1916 | 55.7% 3,688 | 42.8% 2,834 | 1.6% 104 |
1912 | 25.1% 1,058 | 37.9% 1,599 | 37.0% 1,559 |
1908 | 60.8% 2,650 | 38.5% 1,680 | 0.7% 30 |
1904 | 69.9% 2,632 | 27.7% 1,045 | 2.4% 91 |
1900 | 56.4% 2,556 | 42.6% 1,929 | 1.0% 46 |
1896 | 50.0% 2,308 | 49.3% 2,276 | 0.8% 37 |
1892 | 49.8% 2,107 | 50.2% 2,124[lower-alpha 1] | |
1888 | 58.9% 2,419 | 35.8% 1,471 | 5.2% 214 |
Pottawatomie County is very Republican. The only Democratic presidential candidate to get a majority in Pottawatomie County was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1940 only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 has gotten as much as forty percent of the county’s vote.
The Unified School Districts that serve Pottawatomie County include:
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