Rice County, Kansas Basics:


Rice County Kansas - Government Site

Population: 10,013
Area: 726 square miles
County seat: Lyons
Area code(s) in use: 620
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%
Median household income: $45,703
Persons in poverty: 16.4%
Home ownership rate: 75.6%
Mean travel time to work: 19.0 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Barton  Ellsworth  McPherson  Reno  Stafford  

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Our detail map of Rice County shows the Rice County, Kansas boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Rice County, Kansas

  Airports     show all on map

Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, Schafer Airfield, Sleeper Airfield, Sterling Airport, Walton Landing Strip

  Buildings     show all on map

Alden Fire Department, Bushton City Hall, Bushton Museum, Bushton Volunteer Fire Department, Chase Police Department, Chase Volunteer Fire Department, Chase Volunteer Fire Department, Coronado-Quivira Museum, Farmer Township Community Library, Geneseo City Hall, Geneseo Fire Department, Geneseo Public Library, Geneseo Senior Center, Little River City Hall, Little River Community Library, Little River Fire Department, Little River Police Department, Lyons Chamber of Commerce, Lyons City Hall, Lyons Fire Department, Lyons Police Department, Lyons Public Library, Raymond Fire Department, Rice County Courthouse, Rice County Emergency Medical Services, Rice County Health Department, Rice County Public Works Department, Rice County Sheriff's Department, Rice County Sheriff's Department Jail, Sterling Chamber of Commerce, Sterling City Hall, Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling Police Department, Sterling Volunteer Fire Department

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Bean Cemetery, Button Cemetery, Click Cemetery, Ebenezer Cemetery, Forest Grove Cemetery, Genesee Cemetery, Hilltop Cemetery, Immanuel Cemetery, Kansas Center Cemetery, Liscum Cemetery, Lodiana Cemetery, Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Rockville Cemetery, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Salem - Fried of Cemetery, Shumway Cemetery, Springdale Cemetery, Sterling Cemetery, Wesley Chapel Cemetery

  Churches     show all on map

Assembly of God Church, Assembly of God Church, Bushton United Methodist Church, Calvary Baptist Church, Claytor Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Community Presbyterian Church, Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Fairview Church, First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Geneseo United Methodist Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Holy Name Catholic Church, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Little River Congregational Church, Little River United Methodist Church, Lyons Church of Christ, Lyons Church of the Nazarene, Lyons United Methodist Church, Midland Community United Church of Christ, Raymond Baptist Church, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Saint Paul Catholic Church, Salem United Methodist Church, Sterling Grant Chapel, United Presbyterian Church of Sterling

  Dams     show all on map

Little River Dam

  Guts     show all on map

Santa Fe Slough

  Hospitals     show all on map

Rice County District Hospital

  Locales     show all on map

Agchoice - Emporia Grain Elevator Number 1, Alden Wastewater Plant, Allegan (historical), Burtgestown (historical), Bushton Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cain, Camp Wa-Ja-To, Chase Golf Course, Chase Sewer Treatment Plant, Coppersburgh (historical), Delta Egg Farm, Diamond U Stock Farm, Geneseo Wastewater Treatment Facility, Glen Sharrald (historical), Grand Shopping Center, Kansas Centre (historical), Little River Wastewater Facility, Lyons Industrial Park, Lyons Town and Country Club, Lyons Wastewater Treatment Facility, Noble (historical), Paradise Pastures Golf Course, Raymond Wastewater Plant, Sieker Farms, Silica Grain Elevator Number 1, Sterling Country Club, Sterling Municipal Power Plant, Sterling Wastewater Plant, Team Marketing Alliance Grain Elevator Number 47

  Oilfields     show all on map

Alden Gas Storage Field, Bredfeldt Oil Field, Bull Creek Oil Field, Calf Creek Oil Field, Chase-Silica Oil Field, Click Southeast Oil Field, Crawford Oil Field, Dymond Oil Field, Frederick Oil Field, Fritzpatrick Gas Field, Heinz Oil Field, IXL Oil Field, Kepley Oil Field, Lyons West Oil and Gas Field, Odessa Oil Field, Orth Oil Field, Orth West Oil Field, Prosper East Oil Field, Rellim Oil Field, Ringwald Oil Field, Shumway Oil Field, Tobias Northwest Oil Field, Tobias Oil Field, Welch-Bornholdt Oil Field, Wherry Oil Field

  Parks     show all on map

Wayside Park, West Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Alden, Bushton, Chase, Crawford, Frederick, Galt, Geneseo, Little River, Lyons, Mitchell, Pollard, Raymond, Saxman, Silica, Sterling

  Post Offices     show all on map

Alden Post Office, Bushton Post Office, Chase Post Office, Crawford Post Office (historical), Geneseo Post Office, Little River Post Office, Lyons Post Office, Raymond Post Office, Sterling Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Spriggs Rock Lake

  Schools     show all on map

Alden Elementary School (historical), Chase Grade School, Chase High School, Fairplay School, Frisbie Education Center, Geneseo Elementary School (historical), Little River Elementary School, Little River Junior / Senior High School, Little River Middle School, Lyons Central Elementary School, Lyons Central Elementary School, Lyons High School, Lyons Middle School, Lyons Park Elementary School, Lyons Park Elementary School, North Side School (historical), Quivira Heights High School, Raymond Junior High School, Rockville School, Sterling College, Sterling Grade School, Sterling High School, Sterling Junior High School, Sunny Four School

  Streams     show all on map

Calf Creek, Dry Creek, Dry Creek, Horse Creek, Jarvis Creek, Little Cow Creek, Lone Tree Creek, Lost Creek, North Fork Little Arkansas River, Owl Creek, Peace Creek, Plum Creek, Salt Creek, Salt Creek, Sand Creek, Spring Creek

  Swamps     show all on map

Black Marsh (historical)

  Towers     show all on map

KKAT-FM (Lyons),

Rice County, Kansas Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteRice County White population 9,4829,482  
MixedRice County Mixed population 210210
BlackRice County Black population 150150
American IndianRice County American Indian population 110110
AsianRice County Asian population 5050
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderRice County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 1010

Additional population tables :
State population table
Kansas population by county