Cherokee County, Kansas (KS)

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• • 18,27480.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1114.9%Two or more races
  • 5642.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4982.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1250.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 630.3%Asian alone
  • 120.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $111,548

Here:	$111,548
State:	$191,731

Townhouses or other attached units: $57,089

Here:	$57,089
State:	$162,535

Mobile homes: $101,925

Here:	$101,925
State:	$75,871

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 48
• Thefts: 90
• Auto thefts: 25

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 16
• Burglaries: 65
• Thefts: 134
• Auto thefts: 23

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $1,264 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $926 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cherokee County is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $696 a month.

Cities in this county include: Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Riverton, Weir, Scammon, Lowell, West Mineral, Treece, Roseland.

Neighboring counties: Bollinger County, Missouri , Chautauqua County , Casey County, Kentucky , Harlan County, Kentucky , Rockcastle County, Kentucky , Radford city, Virginia .

Current college students: 781
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 181 (57.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 112010 or later
• 182000 to 2009
• 661990 to 1999
• 291980 to 1989
• 631970 to 1979
• 22Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 54.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,024
• One, attached: 130
• Two: 244
• 3 or 4: 201
• 5 to 9: 49
• 10 to 19: 92
• 20 or more: 42
• Mobile homes: 1,153

Housing units in Cherokee County with a mortgage: 2,458 (59 second mortgage, 140 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,528

Religion statistics for Cherokee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cherokee County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2015 to June 21, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4230: July 20, 2015, FEMA Id: 4230, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 22, 2013 to August 16, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4150: October 22, 2013, FEMA Id: 4150, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 22, 2009 to January 08, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1885: March 09, 2010, FEMA Id: 1885, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 25, 2009 to May 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1849: June 25, 2009, FEMA Id: 1849, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 22, 2008 to June 16, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1776: July 09, 2008, FEMA Id: 1776, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kansas Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: December 06, 2007 to December 19, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1741: February 01, 2008, FEMA Id: 1741, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Kansas Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: December 06, 2007 to December 19, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3282: December 12, 2007, FEMA Id: 3282, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Kansas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2007 to July 25, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1711: July 02, 2007, FEMA Id: 1711, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Kansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2007 to June 01, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1699: May 06, 2007, FEMA Id: 1699, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kansas Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: September 01, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3236: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3236, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.84% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($38,087 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.81% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($13,771 average AGI)
4.02% relocated from other states ($24,318 average AGI)

Cherokee County:	4.02%
Kansas average:	3.30%

from Jasper County, MO	1.48% ($30,848 average AGI)
from Crawford County, KS	0.84% ($37,083)
from Ottawa County, OK	0.58% ($33,366)
from Newton County, MO	0.39% ($21,500)

6.47% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($34,205 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.86% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($9,920 average AGI)
4.61% relocated to other states ($24,285 average AGI)

Cherokee County:	4.61%
Kansas average:	3.97%

to Jasper County, MO	1.55% ($30,685 average AGI)
to Crawford County, KS	1.02% ($33,849)
to Ottawa County, OK	0.63% ($43,889)
to Newton County, MO	0.45% ($32,219)
to Labette County, KS	0.32% ($31,609)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 12.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cherokee County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 17,895 (2,853 male householders, 2,716 female householders)

  4,433 spouses, 5,669 children (5,146 natural, 201 adopted, 318 stepchildren), 1,095 grandchildren, 239 brothers or sisters, 316 parents, 365 other relatives, 216 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,669 (995 male householders (880 living alone)), 1,375 female householders (1,282 living alone)), 277 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 246

Size of family households: 2,851 2-persons, 1,000 3-persons, 838 4-persons, 517 5-persons, 273 6-persons, 93 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,173 1-person, 174 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 21 4-persons.

3,244 married couples with children.
640 single-parent households (267 men, 373 women).

97.5% of residents of Cherokee speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $132,318,000 ($6,028 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,385,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $56,906,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $32,549,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,471,000
Federal grants: $33,076,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,066,000 ($1,267,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,251,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $394,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,714,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,142,000

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

Here:	-52 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.78 millions of gallons per day (85% from ground, 15% from surface)

• Year house built in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 2532014 or later
• 2132010 to 2013
• 9602000 to 2009
• 1,3341990 to 1999
• 9701980 to 1989
• 1,6261970 to 1979
• 8211960 to 1969
• 8391950 to 1959
• 5951940 to 1949
• 2,4161939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 101 room
• 162 rooms
• 933 rooms
• 4044 rooms
• 1,1755 rooms
• 1,5776 rooms
• 1,0817 rooms
• 6668 rooms
• 8199+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 01 room
• 372 rooms
• 1903 rooms
• 4244 rooms
• 3775 rooms
• 6416 rooms
• 1897 rooms
• 878 rooms
• 489+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 9no bedroom
• 1991 bedroom
• 1,5592 bedrooms
• 2,9233 bedrooms
• 9454 bedrooms
• 1885+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 3no bedroom
• 3041 bedroom
• 8342 bedrooms
• 7193 bedrooms
• 1434 bedrooms
• 135+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County, Kansas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 163no vehicle
• 1,2911 vehicle
• 2,5402 vehicles
• 1,1213 vehicles
• 5154 vehicles
• 2695+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 331no vehicle
• 8481 vehicle
• 6272 vehicles
• 1383 vehicles
• 354 vehicles
• 345+ vehicles

88.7% of Cherokee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Kansas.

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

• This state: 8,593
• Other state: 11,831
• Northeast: 278
• Midwest: 7,868
• South: 2,468
• West: 1,137

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 644
• Number of aged recipients: 40
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 604
• Number of recipients under 18: 69
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 460
• Number of recipients older than 64: 115
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 245
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 276