Blue Rapids, Kansas

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Blue Rapids is a city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,088 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Interesting facts about Blue Rapids
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Blue Rapids is located at 39°40′55″N, 96°39′33″W (39.681852, -96.659227)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²). 5.3 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.96%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,088 people, 439 households, and 295 families residing in the city. The population density was 203.9/km² (529.1/mi²). There were 494 housing units at an average density of 92.6/km² (240.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.07% White, 0.18% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.55% of the population.

There were 439 households out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,682, and the median income for a family was $37,273. Males had a median income of $30,066 versus $18,214 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,859. About 9.3% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.2% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Interesting facts about Blue Rapids

Blue Rapids was the birthplace of the pancreatic cancer drug Streptozotocin. The bacterium from which the drug is derived was discovered in the late 1950s in a soil sample taken from 'an uncultivated sandy soil in a grassland region' at Blue Rapids.

Georgia Pacific has a gypsum mine in Blue Rapids, containing the most pure gypsum in the world.