Cherokee County, Kansas (KS)

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• • 17,66287.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,3516.7%Two or more races
  • 5292.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3531.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1170.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 900.4%Asian alone
  • 790.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 110.05%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $128,536

Here:	$128,536
State:	$207,668

Townhouses or other attached units: $172,128

Here:	$172,128
State:	$194,239

Mobile homes: $58,232

Here:	$58,232
State:	$58,367

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 2019: $1,311 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,094 (1.3%)

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: 90.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 225 (28.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 472010 or later
• 1102000 to 2009
• 351990 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: 8,057
• One, attached: 111
• Two: 199
• 3 or 4: 294
• 5 to 9: 93
• 10 to 19: 62
• 20 or more: 111
• Mobile homes: 1,044

Housing units in Cherokee County with a mortgage: 2,610 (32 second mortgage, 109 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,266

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:

• Male householders: 3,987 (1,018 living alone), Female householders: 4,005 (1,409 living alone)

• 4,020 spouses (3,986 opposite-sex spouses), 372 unmarried partners, (352 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,713 children (5,136 natural, 243 adopted, 340 stepchildren), 761 grandchildren, 134 brothers or sisters, 341 parents, 17 foster children, 275 other relatives, 344 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 241

Size of family households: 2,636 2-persons, 921 3-persons, 884 4-persons, 450 5-persons, 256 6-persons, 74 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,485 1-person, 315 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

3,045 married couples with children.
898 single-parent households (239 men, 659 women).

97.6% of residents of Cherokee speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.1% 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
• 2012014 or later
• 1582010 to 2013
• 9812000 to 2009
• 1,3021990 to 1999
• 1,1171980 to 1989
• 1,5981970 to 1979
• 7911960 to 1969
• 7641950 to 1959
• 4661940 to 1949
• 2,5451939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 311 room
• 32 rooms
• 963 rooms
• 3334 rooms
• 1,1435 rooms
• 1,4826 rooms
• 1,1137 rooms
• 7088 rooms
• 9129+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 1571 room
• 352 rooms
• 2023 rooms
• 4724 rooms
• 3705 rooms
• 5266 rooms
• 2127 rooms
• 1448 rooms
• 459+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 31no bedroom
• 1951 bedroom
• 1,2682 bedrooms
• 3,1733 bedrooms
• 8614 bedrooms
• 2845+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherokee County, Kansas
• 164no bedroom
• 2901 bedroom
• 8782 bedrooms
• 7163 bedrooms
• 984 bedrooms
• 95+ 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
• 134no vehicle
• 1,3061 vehicle
• 2,4082 vehicles
• 1,2553 vehicles
• 5794 vehicles
• 1435+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cherokee County in renter-occupied apartments
• 515no vehicle
• 8331 vehicle
• 6362 vehicles
• 1123 vehicles
• 234 vehicles
• 495+ vehicles

88.9% of Cherokee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% 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: 7,899
• Other state: 11,912
• Northeast: 187
• Midwest: 8,477
• South: 2,244
• West: 1,026

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