- State:KansasCounty:Gove CountyZips:67751,67751,67738,67736,67737,67752Coordinates:38.916095664160004, -100.48290476681375Area total:1071.76 sq. mi., 2775.85 sq. km, 685927.04 acresArea land:1071.67 sq. mi., 2775.60 sq. km, 685866.24 acresArea water:0.10 sq. mi., 0.25 sq. km, 60.80 acresEstablished:1886Capital seat:
Gove
Address: 520 Washington St.
County Government Building
Gove, KS 67736-0128
Governing Body: Board of County Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Gove County, Kansas, United States
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- Population:2,718; Population change: 0.85% (2010 - 2020)Population density:2.5 persons per square mileHousehold income:$38,305Households:1,130Unemployment rate:2.90% per 1,465 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.05%Income taxes:6.45%GDP:$196.71 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Gove County's population of Kansas of 7,772 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,31-fold to 2,415 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 51.25% female residents and 48.75% male residents live in as of 2020, 65.90% in Gove County, Kansas are married and the remaining 34.10% are single population.
As of 2020, 65.90% in Gove County, Kansas are married and the remaining 34.10% are single population.
- Housing units:1,319 residential units of which 84.91% share occupied residential units.
16.2 minutes is the average time that residents in Gove 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.
68.53% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 8.21% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 13.35% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Gove County, Kansas 60.95% are owner-occupied homes, another 15.68% are rented apartments, and the remaining 23.37% are vacant.
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The 62.15% of the population in Gove 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 = 80.110%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 18.410%) of those eligible to vote in Gove County, Kansas.
