Blaine County, Nebraska (NE)

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County population in July 2007: 448 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 155
Renter-occupied apartments: 83

% of renters here:	35%
State:	33%

Land area: 711 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 1 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Blaine County: 71.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (46.0%), Educational,health and social services (16.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 49%
Government: 20%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 29%
Unpaid family work: 2%

Blaine County, Nebraska business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Blaine County, Nebraska:

White Non-Hispanic (98.8%)
American Indian (1.0%)
Two or more races (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	39.8 years
Nebraska median age:	35.3 years

Males: 294	(50.4%)
Females: 289	(49.6%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $22,681
County population in 2003: 537
Jobs in 2003: 191

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Total labor force in 2004: 271
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.3%

Average household size:

Blaine County:	2.5 people
Nebraska:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $30,323 ($25,278 in 1999)

This county:	$30,323
Nebraska:	$47,085

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $261 (lower quartile is $198, upper quartile is $300)

This county:	$261
State:	$497

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $41,098 (it was $27,500 in 2000)

Blaine County:	$41,098
Nebraska:	$122,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $15,747 - $94,722

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $175,541
Here: $175,541
State: $152,590

Townhouses or other attached units: $91,376
Here: $91,376
State: $157,382

Mobile homes: $18,846
Here: $18,846
State: $29,187

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $902
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $316

Blaine County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Blaine County Nebraska:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 88.8%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 11.2%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $417 (1.5%)

Blaine County household income distribution in 2007

Blaine County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	19.4%
Whole state:	9.7%

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

This county:	11.8%
Whole state:	4.0%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Blaine County is $419 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $622 a month.

Cities in this county include: Dunning, Brewster.

Neighboring counties: Brown County , Cherry County , Custer County , Logan County , Loup County , Thomas County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Blaine County: Fowler Ranch (A), Neubauer Ranch (B), Niemoth Ranch (C), Burke Ranch (D), Teahon Ranch (E), O Teaford Ranch (F), Miller Ranch (G), Cook Ranch (H), Whitetail Canoe Launch/Campground (I), White Ranch (J), Hanna Ranch (K), School Number 21 (L), Hardscrabble School (M), Hazen Ranch (N), McMillen Ranch (O), Mellott Ranch (P), Linscott (Q), Purdum Rural Fire Department (R). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Blaine County include: Purdum United Church of Christ (A), Prairie Bible Chapel (B), Saint Johns Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: German Valley Cemetery (1), Hawley Flats Cemetery (2), Brewster Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lake: Goldman Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Rivers and creeks: Goose Creek (A), Rifle Creek (B), Dismal River (C), Wild Horse Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Purdum Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	4.6%
Nebraska:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 10
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)

Blaine County:	0.3%
Whole state:	4.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 0 1990 to 1994: 0 1985 to 1989: 0 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 2 1965 to 1969: 0

Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.4%

Blaine County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 268
One, attached: 6
3 or 4: 2
Mobile homes: 57

Housing units in Blaine County with a mortgage: 21 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45

Here:	31.8% with mortgage
State:	64.8% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 442
Total congregations: 5
Religions in Blaine County - Dunning, Brewster

Agriculture in Blaine County
Average size of farms: 4162 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $204503
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $21.32
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 97.15%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $191157
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 6.58%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 32.19%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $91003
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 78.30%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.62
Corn for grain: 4334 harvested acres

Blaine County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Nebraska state average. It is 2.7 times below overall U.S. average.

Blaine County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Nebraska state average. It is 94% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/3/2002 at 20:41:56, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 83.3 miles away from Blaine County center
On 8/26/1991 at 11:49:15, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 35.1 miles away from the county center
On 6/20/2002 at 04:29:40, a magnitude 3.5 (3.3 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 74.2 miles away from the county center
On 1/25/1994 at 02:44:39, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 53.3 miles away from Blaine County center
On 7/18/1990 at 02:47:03, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 58.4 miles away from the county center
On 9/30/1990 at 00:06:24, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 78.8 miles away from Blaine County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (59%)
Construction (13%)
Educational services (8%)
Broadcasting and telecommunications (4%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
Truck transportation (3%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
Health care (16%)
Accommodation and food services (16%)
U. S. Postal service (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Social assistance (6%)
Public administration (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (35%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (19%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Farmers and farm managers (16%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Child care workers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Italy (100%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Blaine County (%):

German (45%)
English (12%)
Irish (10%)
United States or American (8%)
Scotch-Irish (5%)
Danish (3%)
Swedish (3%)

Blaine County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 128 (47%)
Carpooled: 38 (14%)
Walked: 41 (15%)
Other means: 2 (1%)
Worked at home: 62 (23%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $1,000.

10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties between 2005 and 2006.1,000 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in Nebraska.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other counties between 2005 and 2006.1,000 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other counties in Nebraska.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other states.

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.1

Births per 1000 population in Blaine County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 5.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Blaine County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 0.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Blaine County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 108 (96 aged, 12 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 30%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 30%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 826.450
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1652.890

Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 206.610

Household type by relationship

Households: 583

In family households: 505 (156 male householders, 15 female householders)
147 spouses, 171 children (163 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 78 (29 male householders (27 living alone)), 42 female householders (36 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 8 2-persons.

95.8% of residents of Blaine County speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $5,559,000 ($10732 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $25,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,307,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $506,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $323,000
Federal grants: $3,105,000
Federal procurement contracts: $66,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $251,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $0,000
Federal Government insurance: $530,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 30

Here:	62 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 16

Here:	33 per 1000 residents
State:	46 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: -1

Here:	-2 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -107

Here:	-221 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Blaine County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.06 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.4
State:	6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	6.5
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2
1995 to 1998: 4
1990 to 1994: 16
1980 to 1989: 27
1970 to 1979: 41
1960 to 1969: 35
1950 to 1959: 40
1940 to 1949: 52
1939 or earlier: 116

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Blaine County, Nebraska:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 2 4 rooms: 20 5 rooms: 60 6 rooms: 29 7 rooms: 21 8 rooms: 6 9+ rooms: 17

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Blaine County, Nebraska:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 1 3 rooms: 1 4 rooms: 10 5 rooms: 10 6 rooms: 20 7 rooms: 20 8 rooms: 9 9+ rooms: 12

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Blaine County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 5 2 bedrooms: 48 3 bedrooms: 78 4 bedrooms: 19 5+ bedrooms: 5

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Blaine County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 5 2 bedrooms: 13 3 bedrooms: 50 4 bedrooms: 9 5+ bedrooms: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Blaine County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 9 1 vehicle: 32 2 vehicles: 56 3 vehicles: 30 4 vehicles: 12 5+ vehicles: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Blaine County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 5 1 vehicle: 18 2 vehicles: 25 3 vehicles: 24 4 vehicles: 10 5+ vehicles: 1

74% of Blaine County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Nebraska.

Blaine County:	74.3%
State average:	55.7%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 486
Northeast: 6
Midwest: 25
South: 14
West: 50

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 7%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 10%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (77.4%) Electricity (19.4%) Wood (1.9%) Other fuel (1.3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (80.7%) Electricity (10.8%) Utility gas (4.8%) Wood (2.4%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Nebraska:	14.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Nebraska:	10.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Nebraska:	20.0%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Blaine County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $4,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $194,000
General - Other: $77,000

Central Staff Services: $69,000

Financial Administration: $54,000

Police Protection: $40,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $21,000

Health Services - Other: $18,000

Natural Resources - Other: $15,000

General Public Buildings: $11,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $13,000
Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $24,000
General Support: $1,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $28,000
General Revenue, NEC: $3,000

Property Sale Other: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $37,000
Police Protection: $8,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $435,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $145,000
General Support: $60,000

All Other: $8,000

Health & Hospitals: $5,000
Tax - Property: $308,000
Motor Vehicle License: $4,000

Other Selective Sales: $2,000

Total General Sales: $1,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $233,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Blaine County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)

Fatalities (per 100,000 population)

Persons involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

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