Geography
Hutchinson is placed at 38°3'56" North, 97°55'25" West (38.065503, -97.923519).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum locality of 54.Nina from carolina km² (21.2 mi²). 54.Vii klick² (Twenty-one.Single mi²) of these are l& and Cypher.Two kilometer² (Nought.Ace mi²) of these are a water supply. A number region is Cypher.33% water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 40,787 people, 16,335 home, & 10,340 families living in the city. A population density is 746.0/km² (1,932.6/mi²). There are 17,693 housing units at an typical density of 323.6/km² (838.3/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 88.57% White, 4.28% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.65% from other races, and 2.21% from two or more races. Vii.67% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 16,335 family away from which Twenty-eight.9% keep around tikes under a age of Xviii swallow the babies, 49.3% come married couples living together, 10.3% have a female homeowner sustaining there are no married man present, & 36.7% come non-families. 31.7% of a lot house come manufactured higher of souls & Thirteen.5% use individual residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Ii.31 & a typical personal size is Two.91.

In a city the people is spread retired by owning Xxiii.2% under a age of Eighteen, Xi.0% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxvii.8% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.2% from either 45 to 64, & Xvi.9% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 37 years. For each C females there are 101.Septenary males. For each Century females age Xviii & ended, there are Centred.Quintuplet males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $32,645, & the median income for a personal is $40,094. Males have a median income of $30,994 versus $21,190 for females. A per capita income for the city is $17,964. Xii.7% of the people & Niner.8% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Sixteen.5% of victims under a age of 18 & 9.7% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

History
Hutchinsin was incorporated on August 15, 1872.

In Jan 17, 2001, 143 million cubic feet of compressed natural gas leaked from a nearby [http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/Hutch/GasStorage/yaggy.html Yaggy storage field]. It migrated underground, so rose to the surface across old brine wells creating around Xv flatulence blowholes. An explosion in the downtown locality at 10:45 the.m. ruined ii businesses & damaged Xxvi others. An explosion the next day inside a upwardly mobile-personal park flushed 2 humans. [http://www.accesskansas.org/ksadjutantgeneral/News%20Releases/2001/01-012.htm] [http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2001/nat020101.shtm] [http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/Hutch/]

Industry
Salt was found around Reno County by Sam Blanchard in September 26, 1887. This produce to the 1st salt processing plants west of the Mississippi Flow of any stream. Salt was originally extracted using the evaporation method by pumping fluids into brine wells. Within 1923, the [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/careye.html Carey Salt] Company opened a foremost & simply salt mine in Hutchinson, which then produced rock salt. That mine is however inside utilize okay, & is now operated by Cargill.

Excavated portions of the mine come utilized for archival storage of picture & television masters & lasting business records. [http://www.uvsinc.com/ Underground Vaults & Storage] presently houses a masters for The Wizard of Oz (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939) and Star Wars (1977) amongst many others.[http://www.bellaonline.com/Article.asp?id=1616]

The world's big & yearn grain elevator was built inside Hutchinson in 1961.

A bakehouse & dairy farm for Dillons grocery stores are located in Hutchinson.

Points of Interest
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Kansas State Fair Kansas Underground Salt Museum Hutchinson Correctional Facility, state prison

Notable Natives
Jamie Carey, basketball star William Stafford, poet