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Notable locations in Primghar: O'Brien County Fairground (A), Primghar Golf and Country Club (B), Primghar City Park Campground (C), Nicholson and Edwards Grain Company Elevator (D), Primghar Ambulance (E), Primghar Public Library (F), O'Brien County Sheriffs Office (G), O'Brien County Courthouse (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Primghar include: Church of Christ (A), United Church of Primghar (B), Grace Lutheran Church (C), American Reformed Church (D), Saint Anthony s Catholic Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Primghar: Primghar City Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotel: Harvest Inn (380 2nd Street Northeast).
Court: O'Brien County - Magistrate's Court (155 South Hayes Avenue).
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O'Brien County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.8%
(11.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.2 people | | Iowa: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 63.0% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.8% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Primghar, IA
34 people in nursing homes
10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Primghar compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Primghar (2011 data):
- The First National Bank of Primghar: The First National Bank Of Primghar at 108 South Hayes Avenue, branch established on 1889/11/11. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $29.2 mil, Deposits: $24.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 1 total offices
- Savings Bank: at 185 S Green Avenue, branch established on 1894/11/15. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $127.0 mil, Deposits: $115.5 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Capital Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in O'Brien County Iowa:
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Religion statistics for Primghar (based on O'Brien County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 89.34%
| Here |  | 89.3% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | Reformed Church in America | Lutheran Church | Catholic Church | Christian Reformed Church in North America |
| Adherents | 17.2% | 16.8% | 16.6% | 12.9% | 10.8% |
| Congregations | 14.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 7.3% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Church of Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) | United Reformed Churches in North America | Other |
| Adherents | 8.3% | 6.6% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 5.1% |
| Congregations | 7.3% | 7.3% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 19.5% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 7 | O'Brien County: | 4.98 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 15 | O'Brien County: | 10.67 / 10,000 pop. | | Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 12 | This county: | 8.53 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | O'Brien County: | 8.8% | | Iowa: | 7.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | O'Brien County: | 27.2% | | State: | 27.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| 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 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $5,134 | $30,804 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
0 | $0 | | 14 | $1,014 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,914 | $34,968 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $3,162 | $37,944 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
2 | $6,518 | $39,108 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $768 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $17,728 | $35,456 | 16 | $1,782 |
Primghar government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $0 ($0.00)
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $344,000 ($378.85)
- Charges - Parks & Recreation: $67,000 ($73.79)
Sewerage: $50,000 ($55.07)
Solid Waste Management: $49,000 ($53.96)
All Other: $41,000 ($45.15)
- Construction - Electric Utilities: $162,000 ($178.41)
Water Utilities: $128,000 ($140.97)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $534,000 ($588.11)
General - Other: $228,000 ($251.10)
Parks & Recreation: $104,000 ($114.54)
Sewerage: $99,000 ($109.03)
Water Utilities: $91,000 ($100.22)
Regular Highways: $71,000 ($78.19)
Solid Waste Management: $48,000 ($52.86)
Other Hospitals: $37,000 ($40.75)
Health Services - Other: $30,000 ($33.04)
Libraries: $30,000 ($33.04)
Financial Administration: $18,000 ($19.82)
Fire Protection: $18,000 ($19.82)
Housing & Community Development: $18,000 ($19.82)
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,000 ($2.20)
Central Staff Services: $2,000 ($2.20)
General Public Buildings: $2,000 ($2.20)
Welfare - Other: $1,000 ($1.10)
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $51,000 ($56.17)
- General - Interest on Debt: $58,000 ($63.88)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $49,000 ($53.96)
- Local Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $4,000 ($4.41)
All Other: $3,000 ($3.30)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $975,000 ($1073.79)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,090,000 ($1200.44)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $145,000 ($159.69)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $170,000 ($187.22)
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $145,000 ($159.69)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $930,000 ($1024.23)
Other, NEC: $875,000 ($963.66)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $45,000 ($49.56)
Other, NEC: $45,000 ($49.56)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $35,000 ($38.55)
Interest Earnings: $34,000 ($37.44)
Rents: $28,000 ($30.84)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $1,000 ($1.10)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $615,000 ($677.31)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $621,000 ($683.92)
Water Utilities: $103,000 ($113.44)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $154,000 ($169.60)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $71,000 ($78.19)
General Support: $23,000 ($25.33)
- Tax - Property: $234,000 ($257.71)
Total General Sales: $54,000 ($59.47)
NEC: $2,000 ($2.20)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $300,000 ($330.40)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
5.69% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,901 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.69% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
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:
6.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,279 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.02% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Primghar:
- KXRB (1000 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD)
- KSOO (1140 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BROADCASTING CO.)
- KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KKOJ (1190 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MN; Owner: KLEVEN BROADCASTING CO. OF MINN.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KIWA (1550 AM; 1 kW; SHELDON, IA; Owner: SHELDON BROADCASTING CO., INC)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KLOH (1050 AM; 9 kW; PIPESTONE, MN; Owner: WALLACE CHRISTENSEN)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KSCJ (1360 AM; 5 kW; SIOUX CITY, IA; Owner: KSUX/KSCJ RADIO BROADCASTING CO)
Strongest FM radio stations in Primghar:
- KOJI (90.7 FM; OKOBOJI, IA; Owner: WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- KELO-FM (92.5 FM; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: MIDCONTINENT RADIO OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.)
- KIWA-FM (105.3 FM; SHELDON, IA; Owner: SHELDON BROADCASTING CO., INC)
- KNWC-FM (96.5 FM; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KDCR (88.5 FM; SIOUX CENTER, IA; Owner: DORDT COLLEGE, INC.)
- KTFG (102.9 FM; SIOUX RAPIDS, IA; Owner: DONALD A. SWANSON)
- KUOO (103.9 FM; SPIRIT LAKE, IA; Owner: WMMP, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Primghar:
- KMEG (Channel 14; SIOUX CITY, IA; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KPTH (Channel 44; SIOUX CITY, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF SIOUX CITY)
- KTIV (Channel 4; SIOUX CITY, IA; Owner: KTIV TELEVISION, INC.)
- KELO-TV (Channel 11; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: YOUNG BROADCASTING OF SIOUX FALLS, INC.)
- KCAU-TV (Channel 9; SIOUX CITY, IA; Owner: CITADEL COMMUNICATIONS CO.LTD.)
- KSIN-TV (Channel 27; SIOUX CITY, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KSFY-TV (Channel 13; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: ELCOM OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.)
- KDLT-TV (Channel 46; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Owner: RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC)
- K67GH (Channel 67; OTTUMWA, IA; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K33AB (Channel 33; SIBLEY, ETC., IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
Primghar fatal accident list:
Dec 3, 1998 07:12 PM, Us-59, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Primghar)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Primghar, IA)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - PRIMGHAR, 3510 Silver Ave Approx 950' E Int 350th St & Silver Ave (Lat: 43.141944 Lon: -95.620556), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 126.5 m, Call Sign: WPJD300
Assigned Frequencies: 6785.00 MHz, 6755.00 MHz, 6745.00 MHz Grant Date: 02/27/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Steven T Campbell
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
- Primghar, Lat: 43.089000 Lon: -95.623389, Call Sign: WQBQ310, Licensee ID: L00112816
Assigned Frequencies: 956.393 MHz Grant Date: 11/22/2004, Expiration Date: 11/22/2014, Certifier: Deeann Lansink
Registrant: City Of Primghar
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 5 - Call Sign: KA0RPL
Grant Date: 03/22/1988, Expiration Date: 03/22/1998, Cancellation Date: 03/23/2000
Registrant: Shirley J Roos, 515 S Rerick Ave, Primghar, IA 51245 - Call Sign: W0CON, Licensee ID: L00142971
Grant Date: 09/19/1996, Expiration Date: 09/19/2006, Cancellation Date: 05/05/2002
Registrant: Lloyd B Brown, Primghar, IA 51245 - Call Sign: W0SDI, Previous Call Sign: N0UYJ, Licensee ID: L00144483
Grant Date: 04/04/2006, Expiration Date: 06/29/2016
Registrant: Gary L Steinbeck, 3893 Tanager Ave, Primghar, IA 51245 - Call Sign: WB0ZEL
Grant Date: 07/09/1994, Expiration Date: 07/09/2004, Cancellation Date: 07/11/2006
Registrant: John H Rosenboom, 340 6th St Se Box 463, Primghar, IA 51245 - Call Sign: KC0TQU, Licensee ID: L00964539
Grant Date: 01/12/2005, Expiration Date: 01/12/2015, Certifier: Steven J Koel
Registrant: Steven J Koel, 520 S Green Ave, Primghar, IA 51245
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: CESSNA 175 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9460B , Serial Number: 55260, Year manufactured: 1958, Airworthiness Date: 04/16/1958
Registrant (Partnership): Ag Service Edwards, Po Box 276, Primghar, IA 51245
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Primghar, IA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 25 | 77.0 years |
| William | 11 | 75.4 years |
| Charles | 11 | 68.6 years |
| Mary | 10 | 84.9 years |
| George | 9 | 76.6 years |
| Henry | 8 | 80.6 years |
| Harold | 8 | 72.7 years |
| Alma | 8 | 90.1 years |
| Clara | 8 | 81.8 years |
| Walter | 8 | 75.2 years |
| Most common last names in Primghar, IA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Steuck | 10 | 84.7 years |
| Smith | 9 | 75.3 years |
| Brown | 7 | 82.0 years |
| Merry | 7 | 82.7 years |
| Edwards | 7 | 75.4 years |
| Fjeld | 6 | 80.7 years |
| Nelson | 6 | 77.3 years |
| Guetschow | 6 | 66.0 years |
| Petersen | 6 | 78.5 years |
| Manley | 6 | 77.0 years |
Businesses in Primghar, IA
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Recyclable material merchant wholesalers"
- #98 (51245) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Dutch first ancestries (pop 1,000+)"
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