Cheyenne County, Colorado (CO)

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County population in July 2007: 1,763 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 660
Renter-occupied apartments: 220

% of renters here:	25%
State:	33%

Land area: 1781 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 1 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Cheyenne County: 75.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (28.3%), Educational,health and social services (20.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 59%
Government: 20%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 19%
Unpaid family work: 2%

Cheyenne County, Colorado business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Cheyenne County, Colorado:

White Non-Hispanic (90.5%)
Hispanic (8.1%)
Other race (5.1%)
American Indian (1.1%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	37.9 years
Colorado median age:	34.3 years

Males: 1,119	(50.2%)
Females: 1,112	(49.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,383
County population in 2003: 2,058
Jobs in 2003: 950

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Cheyenne County,CO real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 1,341
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.6%

Average household size:

Cheyenne County:	2.5 people
Colorado:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $43,341 ($37,054 in 1999)

This county:	$43,341
Colorado:	$55,212

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $325 (lower quartile is $216, upper quartile is $411)

This county:	$325
State:	$693

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $103,295 (it was $63,700 in 2000)

Cheyenne County:	$103,295
Colorado:	$233,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $57,047 - $136,554

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $127,937
Here: $127,937
State: $321,943

Townhouses or other attached units: $56,589
Here: $56,589
State: $242,417

Mobile homes: $39,542
Here: $39,542
State: $53,488

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,172
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $218

Institutionalized population: 30

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 2
Thefts: 17
Auto thefts: 1

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 2
Thefts: 14
Auto thefts: 1

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2004 Presidential Election results in Cheyenne County Colorado:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 81.4%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 17.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $309 (0.5%)

Cheyenne County household income distribution in 2007

Cheyenne County home values distribution

Cheyenne County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	11.1%
Whole state:	9.3%

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

This county:	5.0%
Whole state:	4.1%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cheyenne County is $424 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $516 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $676 a month.

Cities in this county include: Cheyenne Wells, Kit Carson.

Neighboring counties: Kiowa County , Kit Carson County , Greeley County, Kansas , Lincoln County , Wallace County, Kansas .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Cheyenne County: Drift Fence Windmill (A), Alpine Ranch (B), Branding Corral Windmill (C), Sanders Ranch (D), School Section Windmill (E), Brown Mill Ranch (F), Sorrento (G), South Windmill (H), Town Windmill (I), Twin Windmill (J), Windrift Ranch (K), J O D Ranch (L), Larson Ranch (M), Bledsoe Ranch (N). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Heritage Green Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Wild Horse Cemetery (1), Fairview Cemetery (2), Aroya Cemetery (3), Arapahoe Cemetery (4), Kit Carson Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Arsenic Lake (A), Skank Lake (B), Logie Lake (C), Lewis Lake (D), State Stock Reservoir Number 7 (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Willow Creek (A), Ladder Creek (B), Bellyache Creek (C), Big Spring Creek (D), Big Timber Creek (E), Eureka Creek (F), Goose Creek (G), Pass Creek (H), Smoky Hill River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	3.2%
Colorado:	7.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 51
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 91 (16% naturalized citizens)

Cheyenne County:	4.1%
Whole state:	8.6%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 47 1990 to 1994: 12 1985 to 1989: 11 1980 to 1984: 17 1975 to 1979: 2 1970 to 1974: 2 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 0

Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.2%

Cheyenne County marital status for males

Cheyenne County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 830
One, attached: 12
Two: 25
3 or 4: 12
20 or more: 7
Mobile homes: 219

Housing units in Cheyenne County with a mortgage: 161 (17 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 214

Here:	42.9% with mortgage
State:	79.2% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 1,207
Total congregations: 10

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Lutheran Church	United Methodist Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Other
Adherents	624 (51.7%)	191 (15.8%)	177 (14.7%)	138 (11.4%)	77 (6.4%)
Congregations	2 (20.0%)	2 (20.0%)	2 (20.0%)	1 (10.0%)	3 (30.0%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Cheyenne County - Cheyenne Wells, Kit Carson

Agriculture in Cheyenne County
Average size of farms: 2617 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $81930
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: 49.45%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $100498
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $146154
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.81%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.85
Corn for grain: 17338 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 70712 harvested acres

Cheyenne County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Colorado state average. It is 1.4 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/20/1958, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Cheyenne County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Colorado state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/2/1998 at 15:47:16, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 83.6 miles away from Cheyenne County center
Magnitude types: local magnitude (ML)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
Mining (11%)
Construction (11%)
Educational services (5%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
Utilities (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (20%)
Educational services (16%)
Public administration (9%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
U. S. Postal service (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (21%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

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

Mexico (76%)
Russia (10%)
Brazil (3%)
Sweden (2%)
Germany (2%)
Korea (2%)
Philippines (2%)

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

German (34%)
United States or American (18%)
English (9%)
Irish (8%)
Norwegian (3%)
Swedish (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Cheyenne County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 721 (69%)
Carpooled: 118 (11%)
Bicycle: 2 (0%)
Walked: 65 (6%)
Other means: 6 (1%)
Worked at home: 129 (12%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

29 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,361.

6.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($23,302 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.28%
Colorado average:	10.77%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.50% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($14,814 average AGI)
2.77% relocated from other states ($8,512 average AGI)
Cheyenne County: 2.77%
Colorado average: 4.67%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

8.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,754 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.68%
Colorado average:	10.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.27% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($18,131 average AGI)
4.41% relocated to other states ($17,623 average AGI)
Cheyenne County: 4.41%
Colorado average: 3.96%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.0

Births per 1000 population in Cheyenne County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9

Deaths per 1000 population in Cheyenne County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Cheyenne County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 347 (321 aged, 26 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,202

In family households: 1,915 (537 male householders, 71 female householders)
529 spouses, 730 children (651 natural, 42 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 6 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 287 (148 male householders (134 living alone)), 122 female householders (121 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 29 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 15 2-persons.

92.4% of residents of Cheyenne County speak English at home.
6.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $77,032,000 ($37947 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $32,338,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $4,385,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $4,260,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $26,955,000
Federal grants: $8,232,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,479,000 ($8,297,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $24,720,000 ($23,905,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $172,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $797,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,597,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 107

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	76 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 141

Here:	72 per 1000 residents
State:	32 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +23

Here:	+12 per 1000 residents
State:	+24 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -262

Here:	-134 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Cheyenne County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.23 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.1
State:	3.9

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 7
1995 to 1998: 65
1990 to 1994: 63
1980 to 1989: 134
1970 to 1979: 179
1960 to 1969: 123
1950 to 1959: 112
1940 to 1949: 146
1939 or earlier: 276

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cheyenne County, Colorado:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 30 4 rooms: 69 5 rooms: 117 6 rooms: 110 7 rooms: 94 8 rooms: 67 9+ rooms: 171

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cheyenne County, Colorado:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 5 3 rooms: 23 4 rooms: 43 5 rooms: 58 6 rooms: 39 7 rooms: 22 8 rooms: 10 9+ rooms: 18

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cheyenne County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 19 2 bedrooms: 137 3 bedrooms: 270 4 bedrooms: 143 5+ bedrooms: 89

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cheyenne County:
	no bedroom: 5 1 bedroom: 20 2 bedrooms: 81 3 bedrooms: 74 4 bedrooms: 30 5+ bedrooms: 10

Cars and other vehicles available in Cheyenne County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 18 1 vehicle: 133 2 vehicles: 264 3 vehicles: 151 4 vehicles: 67 5+ vehicles: 27

Cars and other vehicles available in Cheyenne County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 26 1 vehicle: 90 2 vehicles: 63 3 vehicles: 26 4 vehicles: 9 5+ vehicles: 6

63% of Cheyenne County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Colorado.

Cheyenne County:	63.1%
State average:	45.7%

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

This state: 1373
Northeast: 14
Midwest: 518
South: 141
West: 89

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (58.8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30.6%) Electricity (7.6%) Wood (1.8%) Other fuel (0.9%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (50.5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31.8%) Electricity (15.0%) Other fuel (2.7%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14

Here:	4.6%
Colorado:	8.8%

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

Here:	0.0%
Colorado:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5

Here:	13.9%
Colorado:	16.7%

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.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

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

Cheyenne 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)

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