Ellis County, Kansas (KS)

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County population in 2005: 26,767 (75% urban, 25% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 7,085
Renter-occupied apartments: 4,108

% of renters here:	37%
State:	31%

Land area: 900 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 30 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	12.9%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.6%
Whole state:	4.1%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (30.2%), Retail trade (13.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 70%
Government: 21%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Ellis County, Kansas business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Ellis County, Kansas:

White Non-Hispanic (95.1%)
Hispanic (2.4%)
Other race (1.3%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
Black (0.7%)
American Indian (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	32.7 years
Kansas median age:	35.2 years

Males: 13,461	(48.9%)
Females: 14,046	(51.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,036
County population in 2003: 27,224
Jobs in 2003: 17,309

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Total labor force in 2004: 16,716
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.8%

Average household size:

Ellis County:	2.4 people
Kansas:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,167 ($32,339 in 2000)

This county	$34,167
Kansas:	$42,920

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $113,789

Ellis County	$113,789
Kansas:	$107,800

Median montly rent in 2000: $431
Institutionalized population: 323
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Ellis County in 2000: $815

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

Murders: 1
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 4
Burglaries: 13
Thefts: 34
Auto thefts: 4

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 5
Burglaries: 13
Thefts: 62
Auto thefts: 6

Ellis County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Ellis County Kansas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 64.7%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 33.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,092 (1.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ellis County is $404 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $531 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $734 a month.

Cities in this county include: Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Schoenchen.

Neighboring counties: Ness County , Osborne County , Rooks County , Rush County , Russell County , Trego County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Ellis County: Easdale (A), Old Fort Hays Museum (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Ellis County include: Saint Severin Church (A), Saint John Church (B), Saint Andrew Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Hyacinth Cemetery (1), Saint Severin Cemetery (2), Fort Hays Memorial Gardens (3), Fort Cemetery (4), Saint Catharina Cemetery (5), Norman Cemetery (6), Saint Fidelis Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Rohr Jacobs Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Creeks: North Fork Big Creek (A), Sand Creek (B), Sweetwater Creek (C), East Spring Creek (D), Mud Creek (E), Tomcat Creek (F), Eagle Creek (G), Duck Creek (H), Chetolah Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Ellis County include: Custer Island Park (1), Old Fort Hays (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.8%
Kansas:	4.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 4,298
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 643 (22% naturalized citizens)

Ellis County:	2.3%
Whole state:	5.0%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 239
1990 to 1994: 193
1985 to 1989: 39
1980 to 1984: 68
1975 to 1979: 37
1970 to 1974: 14
1970 to 1974: 4
1965 to 1969: 49

Mean travel time to work: 13.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.8%

Ellis County marital status for males

Ellis County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,310
One, attached: 255
Two: 861
3 or 4: 597
5 to 9: 573
10 to 19: 278
20 or more: 407
Mobile homes: 789
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Housing units in Ellis County with a mortgage: 3,382 (404 second mortgage, 429 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,579

Agriculture in Ellis County
Average size of farms: 762 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $68961
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $82.65
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 73.14%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $71592
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 29.41%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.07%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $93580
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.92%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.40
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.98%
Corn for grain: 2828 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 104218 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 2118 harvested acres

Ellis County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Kansas state average. It is 3.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/10/1979, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Educational services (10%)
Construction (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Health care (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (23%)
Health care (18%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Social assistance (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)

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

Mexico (41%)
Canada (7%)
Vietnam (6%)
Korea (6%)
Trinidad and Tobago (6%)
Iran (5%)
Germany (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Ellis County:

German (55%)
United States or American (11%)
Irish (5%)
English (5%)
German Russian (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)
Swedish (1%)

Ellis County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 12,395 (84%)
Carpooled: 1,273 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 31 (0%)
Walked: 584 (4%)
Other means: 98 (1%)
Worked at home: 376 (3%)

People in group quarters in Ellis County, Kansas

837 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
286 people in nursing homes
73 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
25 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
12 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
11 people in religious group quarters
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in other group homes
3 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $49,632.

8.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,234 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.16%
Kansas average:	7.39%

0.22% of residents moved from foreign countries ($54 average AGI)
Ellis County: 0.22%
Kansas average: 0.18%

5.93% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($18,835 average AGI)
2.02% relocated from other states ($8,345 average AGI)
Ellis County: 2.02%
Kansas average: 3.56%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Russell County, KS	0.51% ($26,212 average AGI)
from Barton County, KS	0.38% ($25,487)
from Sedgwick County, KS	0.28% ($40,517)
from Rooks County, KS	0.26% ($25,000)
from Saline County, KS	0.24% ($22,520)
from Rush County, KS	0.21% ($25,429)
from Thomas County, KS	0.21% ($25,429)

8.14% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,589 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.14%
Kansas average:	7.67%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.19% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($17,577 average AGI)
2.96% relocated to other states ($13,012 average AGI)
Ellis County: 2.96%
Kansas average: 3.95%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Johnson County, KS	0.54% ($31,400 average AGI)
to Sedgwick County, KS	0.47% ($31,604)
to Saline County, KS	0.35% ($26,528)
to Douglas County, KS	0.33% ($21,059)
to Riley County, KS	0.26% ($28,667)
to Russell County, KS	0.26% ($27,185)
to Shawnee County, KS	0.25% ($38,846)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.8

Births per 1000 population in Ellis County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Ellis County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Ellis County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,206 (3,720 aged, 486 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship

Households: 26,240

In family households: 20,579 (5,450 male householders, 1,390 female householders)
5,641 spouses, 7,220 children (6,808 natural, 165 adopted, 247 stepchildren), 191 grandchildren, 185 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 90 other relatives, 355 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,661 (2,016 male householders (1,503 living alone)), 2,348 female householders (1,864 living alone)), 1,297 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,267 (326 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,115 2-persons, 1,607 3-persons, 1,309 4-persons, 585 5-persons, 175 6-persons, 49 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,367 1-person, 769 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 21 5-persons.

4,742 married couples with children.
1,113 single-parent households (258 men, 855 women).

92.5% of residents of Ellis County speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $138,872,000 ($5132 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,310,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $57,179,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $38,577,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,972,000
Federal grants: $20,499,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,416,000 ($751,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $12,229,000 ($3,667,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $997,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,123,000
Federal Government insurance: $43,247,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,817

Here:	68 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,306

Here:	49 per 1000 residents
State:	47 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +196

Here:	+7 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -1,407

Here:	-53 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Ellis County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.40 millions of gallons per day (96% from ground, 4% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.6
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 92
1995 to 1998: 658
1990 to 1994: 397
1980 to 1989: 1,874
1970 to 1979: 2,855
1960 to 1969: 1,678
1950 to 1959: 1,831
1940 to 1949: 949
1939 or earlier: 1,744

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ellis County, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 50
3 rooms: 168
4 rooms: 584
5 rooms: 1,258
6 rooms: 1,350
7 rooms: 981
8 rooms: 1,056
9 or more rooms: 1,638

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ellis County, Kansas:

1 room: 115
2 rooms: 389
3 rooms: 582
4 rooms: 1,369
5 rooms: 830
6 rooms: 406
7 rooms: 185
8 rooms: 129
9 or more rooms: 103

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ellis County:

no bedroom: 6
1 bedroom: 219
2 bedrooms: 1,313
3 bedrooms: 3,256
4 bedrooms: 1,525
5 or more bedrooms: 766

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ellis County:

no bedroom: 115
1 bedroom: 1,077
2 bedrooms: 1,917
3 bedrooms: 764
4 bedrooms: 167
5 or more bedrooms: 68

Cars and other vehicles available in Ellis County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 137
1 vehicle: 1,796
2 vehicles: 3,083
3 vehicles: 1,399
4 vehicles: 517
5 or more vehicles: 153

Cars and other vehicles available in Ellis County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 458
1 vehicle: 2,049
2 vehicles: 1,307
3 vehicles: 210
4 vehicles: 63
5 or more vehicles: 21

57% of Ellis County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Kansas.

Ellis County:	56.9%
State average:	53.5%

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

This state: 22338
Northeast: 380
Midwest: 1971
South: 1016
West: 1060

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (78%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (60%)
Electricity (35%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 292

Here:	11.2%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 218

Here:	13.1%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 90

Here:	2.4%
Kansas:	13.8%

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 (Noninstitutionalized)

Ellis County government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,071,000
All Other: $947,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $33,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,956,000
General - Other: $1,844,000

Health Services - Other: $1,728,000

Solid Waste Management: $960,000

Police Protection: $901,000

Financial Administration: $543,000

Central Staff Services: $480,000

General Public Buildings: $406,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $330,000

Natural Resources - Other: $292,000

Fire Protection: $150,000

Parks & Recreation: $58,000

Corrections - Other: $26,000
General - Interest on Debt: $4,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Higher Education: $45,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $493,000
General Revenue, NEC: $207,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $696,000
General Public Building: $224,000

General - Other: $204,000

Health - Other: $69,000

Central Staff: $59,000

Police Protection: $50,000

Fire Protection: $44,000

Judicial: $33,000

Solid Waste Management: $16,000

Financial Administration: $5,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,582,000
Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $487,000
End of Fiscal Year: $426,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $379,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,390,000
Highways: $211,000

Health & Hospitals: $88,000

All Other: $26,000
Tax - Property: $7,099,000
NEC: $374,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $4,502,000

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