Chicopee is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Crawford County, Kansas
Crawford County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Girard, and its most populous city is Pittsburg. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,972. The county was named in honor of Samuel Crawford, the ...
, United States.
As of the
2020 census, the population was 422.
History
Chicopee was a coal mining community.
The post office opened June 10, 1889, closed September 30, 1892, reopened October 8, 1892, and reclosed March 30, 1918.
Chicopee was the home of the defunct Idlehour amusement park.
Geography
Chicopee lies at the intersection of the county roads known as South 200th Street & East 530th Avenue, by road southwest of downtown
Pittsburg
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*Pittsburg, California
* Pittsburg, Florida
*Pittsburg, Kansas, Crawford County
*Pittsburg, New Hampshire
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. The northwestern corner of the town borders on the grounds of the Crestwood Country Club. The Crestwood golf course opened in 1958.
Demographics
The
2020 United States census counted 422 people, 176 households, and 129 families in Chicopee.
The population density was 133.4 per square mile (51.5/km). There were 190 housing units at an average density of 60.1 per square mile (23.2/km).
The racial makeup was 93.13% (393)
white
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or
European American
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(92.65%
non-Hispanic white
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), 0.0% (0)
black
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or
African-American
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, 0.0% (0)
Native American or
Alaska Native
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, 0.71% (3)
Asian, 0.0% (0)
Pacific Islander
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or
Native Hawaiian
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Hawaiʻi was set ...
, 0.71% (3) from
other races, and 5.45% (23) from
two or more races
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.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race was 1.66% (7) of the population.
Of the 176 households, 29.5% had children under the age of 18; 65.9% were married couples living together; 11.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 19.3% of households consisted of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.1 and the average family size was 2.5. The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 51.9% of the population.
24.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.6 males.
For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 91.6 males.
The median income for those above 16 years old was $32,262 (+/- $17,927). Approximately, 9.1% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 27.7% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those ages 65 or over.
References
Further reading
External links
* Crawford County maps
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Census-designated places in Crawford County, Kansas