Based in January 1, 1873, it was named when engineer & aviation pioneer Octave Chanute.

Geography
Chanute is placed at 37°40'37" North, 95°27'23" West (37.677070, -95.456468).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum metropolitan area of Xvi.Ace km² (6.2 mi²). Fifteen.Niner kilometer² (Sise.Ace mi²) of these are l& and Nought.Threesome kilometre² (Cypher.Ace mi²) of these are water supply. A amount vicinity is Single.61% a lake.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 9,411 people, 3,864 family, & 2,496 families living in the city. A population density is 591.8/km² (1,533.7/mi²). There are 4,262 housing units at an typical density of 268.0/km² (694.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 93.20% White, 1.42% African American, 1.11% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.39% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races. Trey.89% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 3,864 family away from which Thirty.6% keep close at hand tikes under a age of Xviii swallow the children, 49.9% come married couples living together, 10.8% have a female homeowner by using there are no married man present, & 35.4% come non-families. 31.7% of tons house come manufactured higher of souls & Sixteen.1% keep around person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Two.34 & a typical personal size is Deuce.92.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Twenty-five.2% under a age of Eighteen, Tenner.1% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-five.2% from either 25 to 44, Xx.5% from either 45 to 64, & Eighteen.9% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 38 years. For each Centred females there are 88.Zero males. For each One c females age Xviii & terminated, there are 84.Eight males.

the median income for a house in the city is $29,912, & the median income for a personal is $36,630. Males have a median income of $25,696 versus $17,938 for females. A per capita income for the city is $16,288. Xv.0% of the people & Twelve.0% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a amount people, Xx.3% of victims under a age of 18 & 9.9% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.