Oketo, Kansas

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Population in July 2008: 81. Population change since 2000: -6.9%

Males: 42	(52.9%)
Females: 39	(47.1%)

Median resident age:	44.2 years
Kansas median age:	35.2 years

Zip code: 66518

Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,700 (it was $26,667 in 2000)

Oketo:	$33,700
Kansas:	$47,451

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $22,484

Oketo:	$22,484
Kansas:	$25,197

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $27,077 (it was $17,500 in 2000)

Oketo:	$27,077
Kansas:	$121,200

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $42,514; Detached houses: $46,484; Mobile homes: $8,750

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Races in Oketo:

White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
Two or more races (4.6%)
American Indian (3.4%)

2008 cost of living index in Oketo: 69.7 (very low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (24.1%), United States (14.9%), English (8.0%), Irish (8.0%), Czech (4.6%), French (2.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1178 feet

Land area: 0.11 square miles.

Population density: 755 people per square mile

(low).

For population 25 years and over in Oketo

High school or higher: 84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 9.4%
Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Oketo city

Never married: 27.1%
Now married: 61.0%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 5.1%
Divorced: 6.8%

0 residents are foreign born

This city:	0.0%
Kansas:	5.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in May 2009.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Oketo:	2.0% ($343)
Kansas:	1.2% ($999)

Oketo satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lincoln, NE (58.7 miles , pop. 225,581).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (483.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Barneston, NE (2.5 miles) , Marysville, KS (2.9 miles ), Liberty, NE (3.2 miles) , Wymore, NE (3.4 miles ), Beattie, KS (3.4 miles ), Odell, NE (3.5 miles ), Blue Springs, NE (3.5 miles ), Summerfield, KS (3.7 miles ).

Latitude: 39.96 N, Longitude: 96.60 W

Area code: 785

Population change in the 1990s: -29 (-25.0%).

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Oketo-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Kansas state average. It is 156% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/20/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 32.4 miles away from the Oketo city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 9/25/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.0 miles away from the city center injured 2 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Oketo-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Kansas state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/16/2004 at 12:17:30, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 MW, 3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 72.2 miles away from Oketo center
On 3/23/2007 at 08:15:49, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 75.3 miles away from the city center
On 2/11/1995 at 05:54:10, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 94.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Oketo:

COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE INC (about 8 miles; MARYSVILLE, KS)
HANOVER HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; HANOVER, KS)
BEATRICE COMM HOSPITAL & HLTH CENTER (about 23 miles; BEATRICE, NE)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oketo:

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; Full-time enrollment: 19,210)
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AREA (about 58 miles; LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 5,137)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT LINCOLN (about 60 miles; LINCOLN, NE; FT enrollment: 19,806)
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA (about 78 miles; TOPEKA, KS; FT enrollment: 4,472)
BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; BELLEVUE, NE; FT enrollment: 2,723)
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; MARYVILLE, MO; FT enrollment: 5,620)
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 95 miles; OMAHA, NE; FT enrollment: 10,150)

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Average household size:

This city:	2.1 people
Kansas:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	68.3%
Whole state:	67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	2.4%
Whole state:	4.1%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	9.5%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	4.8%
Whole state:	4.1%

Oketo compared to Kansas state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
House age significantly above state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Oketo mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Marshall County Kansas:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%) Wood (11%) Utility gas (5%) Electricity (5%)

Religion statistics for Oketo

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 75.83%

Here		75.8%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Lutheran Church	United Church of Christ	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	39.5%	18.3%	13.6%	6.5%	5.1%
Congregations	18.6%	18.6%	11.6%	4.7%	9.3%

Name	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Vineyard USA	Other
Adherents	4.8%	3.1%	1.8%	1.5%	5.8%
Congregations	7.0%	2.3%	7.0%	2.3%	18.6%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	0	$0		1	$55
Other Government Administration	0	$0		6	$120
Water Supply	0	$0		2	$277
Totals for Government	0	$0		9	$452

Oketo government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - Water Utilities: $7,000
Regular Highways: $7,000

General - Other: $5,000

Central Staff Services: $3,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $12,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $63,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $11,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,000
General Support: $1,000
Tax - Property: $9,000
Public Utilities: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $12,000

4.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,410 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.70%
Kansas average:	7.39%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Washington County, KS	0.48% ($42,500 average AGI)
from Riley County, KS	0.41% ($42,941)

5.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,300 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.73%
Kansas average:	7.67%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Riley County, KS	0.57% ($23,333 average AGI)
to Nemaha County, KS	0.50% ($27,762)
to Shawnee County, KS	0.41% ($27,706)

Strongest AM radio stations in Oketo:

KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
KNDY (1570 AM; 0 kW; MARYSVILLE, KS; Owner: DIERKING COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KRVN (880 AM; 50 kW; LEXINGTON, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA RURAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
KYDZ (1180 AM; 25 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KFRM (550 AM; 5 kW; SALINA, KS; Owner: TAYLOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WIBW (580 AM; 5 kW; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
KKHK (1250 AM; 25 kW; KANSAS CITY, KS)
KMMJ (750 AM; 11 kW; GRAND ISLAND, NE; Owner: JRK BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KCMO (710 AM; 10 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: SUSQUEHANNA KANSAS CITY PARTNERSHIP)

Strongest FM radio stations in Oketo:

KNDY-FM (95.5 FM; MARYSVILLE, KS; Owner: DIERKING COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KUTT (99.5 FM; FAIRBURY, NE; Owner: SIEBERT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KTGL (92.9 FM; BEATRICE, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KQIQ (88.3 FM; BEATRICE, NE; Owner: SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 5

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