Cherokee County, Kansas (KS)

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• • 17,84879.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1845.2%Two or more races
  • 5232.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 5232.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1240.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1000.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 850.4%Asian alone
  • 90.04%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2018:

Detached houses: $121,581

Here:	$121,581
State:	$203,154

Townhouses or other attached units: $155,539

Here:	$155,539
State:	$183,511

Mobile homes: $43,192

Here:	$43,192
State:	$47,842

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 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2018: $1,284 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2018: $999 (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: 88.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 273 (34.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 602010 or later
• 1072000 to 2009
• 701990 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: 8,051
• One, attached: 112
• Two: 186
• 3 or 4: 237
• 5 to 9: 114
• 10 to 19: 62
• 20 or more: 83
• Mobile homes: 1,105

Housing units in Cherokee County with a mortgage: 2,716 (43 second mortgage, 112 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,295

Religion statistics for Cherokee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cherokee County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4504, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 28, 2019, FEMA Id: 4449, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2017 - May 3, 2017, FEMA Id: 4319, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood, Wind
• 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
• 12 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 2019: 13.1

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: 17,090 (2,790 male householders, 2,662 female householders)

  4,240 spouses, 5,521 children (4,984 natural, 235 adopted, 307 stepchildren), 883 grandchildren, 147 brothers or sisters, 270 parents, 325 other relatives, 266 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,996 (1,146 male householders (933 living alone)), 1,485 female householders (1,363 living alone)), 363 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 241

Size of family households: 2,590 2-persons, 1,026 3-persons, 1,031 4-persons, 507 5-persons, 206 6-persons, 85 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,296 1-person, 283 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

3,028 married couples with children.
849 single-parent households (242 men, 607 women).

97.8% of residents of Cherokee speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% 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
• 1912014 or later
• 2332010 to 2013
• 9372000 to 2009
• 1,4081990 to 1999
• 1,0541980 to 1989
• 1,5461970 to 1979
• 8311960 to 1969
• 8491950 to 1959
• 4591940 to 1949
• 2,4261939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 121 room
• 222 rooms
• 1043 rooms
• 3654 rooms
• 1,1435 rooms
• 1,5946 rooms
• 1,0427 rooms
• 7348 rooms
• 9369+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 1221 room
• 422 rooms
• 2083 rooms
• 4704 rooms
• 3715 rooms
• 4796 rooms
• 2117 rooms
• 1338 rooms
• 519+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 14no bedroom
• 2321 bedroom
• 1,3572 bedrooms
• 3,0663 bedrooms
• 9514 bedrooms
• 3095+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 123no bedroom
• 3351 bedroom
• 8002 bedrooms
• 7013 bedrooms
• 1274 bedrooms
• 125+ 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
• 152no vehicle
• 1,3451 vehicle
• 2,4122 vehicles
• 1,2953 vehicles
• 6444 vehicles
• 1435+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 405no vehicle
• 9031 vehicle
• 6382 vehicles
• 1013 vehicles
• 214 vehicles
• 255+ vehicles

89.2% of Cherokee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Kansas.

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

• This state: 8,183
• Other state: 11,621
• Northeast: 203
• Midwest: 8,149
• South: 2,283
• West: 921

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