Average household size:
| This city: |  2.4 people | | Kansas: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 73.0% | | Whole state: | 67.6% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 5.0% | | Whole state: | 4.1% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 15.4% | | Whole state: | 9.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 5.5% | | Whole state: | 4.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Mineral, KS
West Mineral compared to Kansas state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Cherokee County Kansas:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (88%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (2%)
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Religion statistics for West Mineral
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church |
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| Adherents | 27.8% | 27.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% | 6.3% |
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| Congregations | 7.7% | 15.4% | 3.8% | 7.7% | 13.5% |
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| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Baptist Missionary Association of America | Friends (Quakers) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 6.2% | 4.0% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 5.1% |
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| Congregations | 11.5% | 1.9% | 9.6% | 7.7% | 21.2% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| 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 | $839 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $241 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $361 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,152 | $25,824 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,152 | $25,824 | 3 | $1,441 |
West Mineral government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $13,000
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $56,000
Water Utilities: $46,000
Sewerage: $14,000
General - Other: $9,000
Regular Highways: $8,000
Fire Protection: $3,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $5,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $10,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $87,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $20,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $55,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $12,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $3,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $47,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $48,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $17,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $7,000
General Support: $6,000
- Tax - Property: $26,000
NEC: $9,000
Public Utilities: $7,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $75,000
6.77% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,292 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.77% | | 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:
6.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,794 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.74% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in West Mineral:
- KKOW (860 AM; 10 kW; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS)
- KGGF (690 AM; 10 kW; COFFEYVILLE, KS; Owner: KGGF-KUSN, INC.)
- WMBH (1560 AM; 10 kW; JOPLIN, MO)
- KOCR (1310 AM; 5 kW; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: OZARK CHRISTIAN COLLEGE)
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KBTN (1420 AM; 10 kW; NEOSHO, MO; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KKLL (1100 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WEBB CITY, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
- KSEK (1340 AM; 1 kW; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: INNOVATIVE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KMUS (1380 AM; 20 kW; MUSKOGEE, OK; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KVIS (910 AM; 1 kW; MIAMI, OK; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in West Mineral:
- KRPS (89.9 FM; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KKOW-FM (96.9 FM; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: AMERICAN MEDIA INVESTMENTS, INC.)
- KJML (105.3 FM; COLUMBUS, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KIXQ (102.5 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KSYN (92.5 FM; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KJMK (93.9 FM; WEBB CITY, MO; Owner: BIG MACK BROADCASTING, INC)
- KMOQ (107.1 FM; BAXTER SPRINGS, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KSEK-FM (99.1 FM; GIRARD, KS; Owner: INNOVATIVE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- KGND (107.5 FM; KETCHUM, OK; Owner: NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BROADCAST NETWORK)
- KWXD (103.5 FM; ASBURY, MO; Owner: INNOVATIVE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KCAR-FM (104.3 FM; GALENA, KS; Owner: PETRACOM OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- KLKC-FM (93.5 FM; PARSONS, KS; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
TV broadcast stations around West Mineral:
- KOAM-TV (Channel 7; PITTSBURG, KS; Owner: SAGA QUAD STATES COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- KODE-TV (Channel 12; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MISSION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOZJ (Channel 26; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: BD. OF GOVERNORS OF SW MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KJPX-LP (Channel 47; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: GARY M./DEBORAH R. KENNY)
- K05KD (Channel 5; CARTHAGE, MO; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- KSNF (Channel 16; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF JOPLIN, L.L.C.)
- K20GA (Channel 20; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KCLJ-CA (Channel 46; JOPLIN/CARTHAGE, MO; Owner: GARY M./DEBORAH R. KENNY)
- K52FC (Channel 52; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K55HU (Channel 55; JOPLIN, MO; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- Edwin D Geer, 3 Km N Of City Limits, Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 126.5 m, , Licensee ID: L00001782
Registrant: Kansas Department Of Transportation, 700 Sw Harrison, 7th Floor, Topeka, KS 66603-3754, Phone: (785) 296-3661
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 8
- Hazardous Condition: 1
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