Larned is a city in and the
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of
Pawnee CountyPawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of 2000, the population was 7,233. The largest city and county seat is Larned.-Law and government:...
,
KansasKansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa tribe, who inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was...
,
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. The population was 4,236 at the
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.
Larned is located at (38.182109, -99.101696).
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²), all of it land.
As of the
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of 2000, there were 4,236 people, 1,826 households, and 1,113 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,823.4 people per square mile (705.0/km²).
Larned is a city in and the
county seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
of
Pawnee CountyPawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of 2000, the population was 7,233. The largest city and county seat is Larned.-Law and government:...
,
KansasKansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa tribe, who inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 4,236 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
.
Geography
Larned is located at (38.182109, -99.101696).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 4,236 people, 1,826 households, and 1,113 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,823.4 people per square mile (705.0/km²). There were 2,079 housing units at an average density of 894.9/sq mi (346.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.91% White, 3.75% African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 1.77% from
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, and 1.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.38% of the population.
There were 1,826 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were
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living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,895, and the median income for a family was $46,776. Males had a median income of $27,138 versus $20,927 for females. The
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for the city was $19,936. About 5.9% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.
Notable natives
- Mitch Webster
Mitchell Dean Webster , is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder.Webster played for six different ballclubs during his 13-year career: the Toronto Blue Jays , the Montreal Expos , the Chicago Cubs , the Cleveland Indians , the Pittsburgh Pirates , and the Los Angeles Dodgers...
, retired Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between...
outfielder
- Gene Keady
Lloyd Eugene Keady is a former basketball coach and NFL quarterback. Currently a basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network, he is most notable for being the head basketball coach at Purdue University for 25 years, from 1980 to 2005....
, current Big Ten sportscasterA sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio and/or television who specializes in reporting or commentating on sporting events...
, former head coach for the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketballThe Purdue Boilermakers basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue basketball holds the record for most Big Ten Championships with 21, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning records...
team
- Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. -Early years:...
, head coach of the TCU Horned FrogsTexas Christian University features 18 varsity sports teams. The school's mascot is the Horned Frog and its women's athletics teams are referred to often as the Lady Frogs. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the Div I-Bowl Sub-Division for football competing in the Mountain West...
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team
- Isabel Worrel Ball, Congressional Press Newswoman
- Nellie Cline, First female lawyer to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court
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