Greer County, Oklahoma (OK)

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County population in 2005: 5,901 (47% urban, 53% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,674
Renter-occupied apartments: 563

% of renters here:	25%
State:	32%

Land area: 639 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 9 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	19.6%
Whole state:	14.7%

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

This county:	6.7%
Whole state:	6.1%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (23.4%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (12.3%), Public administration (12.3%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 54%
Government: 29%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 16%
Unpaid family work: 2%

Greer County, Oklahoma business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Greer County, Oklahoma:

White Non-Hispanic (78.7%)
Black (8.8%)
Hispanic (7.4%)
American Indian (4.5%)
Other race (4.0%)
Two or more races (3.0%)

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

Median resident age:	40.0 years
Oklahoma median age:	35.5 years

Males: 3,353	(55.3%)
Females: 2,708	(44.7%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,758
County population in 2003: 5,864
Jobs in 2003: 1,714

Greer County,OK real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 2,251
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.1%

Average household size:

Greer County:	2.3 people
Oklahoma:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,622 ($25,793 in 2000)

This county	$28,622
Oklahoma:	$37,063

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $42,510

Greer County	$42,510
Oklahoma:	$89,100

Median montly rent in 2000: $290
Institutionalized population: 972
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Greer County in 2000: $527

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: 9
Thefts: 6
Auto thefts: 0

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 2
Burglaries: 10
Thefts: 7
Auto thefts: 0

Greer County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Greer County Oklahoma:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 68.0%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 32.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Greer County is $363 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $606 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mangum, Granite, Willow.

Neighboring counties: Beckham County , Harmon County , Jackson County , Kiowa County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Greer County: Greer Downs (A), Sandy Land Research Station (B), Oklahoma State Reformatory (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Stover Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Greer County include: Deer Creek Church (A), Mountain View Church (B), Reed Church (C), Sulphur Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Wildcat Cemetery (1), White Flat Cemetery (2), Jester Cemetery (3), Hester Cemetery (4), Marie Cemetery (5), Riverside Cemetery (6), Langford Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Horseshoe Lake (A), Kenneth Houck Reservoir (B), State of Oklahoma Reformatory Lake (C), Doc Hollis Lake (D), Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 14a Reservoir (E), Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 15 Reservoir (F), Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 16 Reservoir (G), Tri-County Turkey Creek Site 16a Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Sulphur Creek (A), Deer Creek (B), Haystack Creek (C), Root Creek (D), Tittle Creek (E), Station Creek (F), Hackberry Creek (G), Grape Creek (H), Cave Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.4%
Oklahoma:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 261
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 89 (40% naturalized citizens)

Greer County:	1.5%
Whole state:	3.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 13
1990 to 1994: 26
1985 to 1989: 7
1980 to 1984: 17
1975 to 1979: 5
1970 to 1974: 4
1970 to 1974: 7
1965 to 1969: 10

Mean travel time to work: 17.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 69.9%

Greer County marital status for males

Greer County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,355
One, attached: 15
Two: 69
3 or 4: 58
5 to 9: 35
10 to 19: 6
20 or more: 18
Mobile homes: 226
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Housing units in Greer County with a mortgage: 514 (6 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 746

Agriculture in Greer County
Average size of farms: 631 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $34839
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $84.58
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: 58.71%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $34061
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 26.95%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 5.91%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $48086
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.01%
Average age of principal farm operators: 60 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.32
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.16%
All wheat for grain: 66784 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 3153 harvested acres
Vegetables: 14 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 24 acres

Greer County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 3.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 23 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/11/1982, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed 2 people and injured 18 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
Public administration (13%)
Construction (9%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Educational services (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (29%)
Public administration (11%)
Educational services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Finance and insurance (3%)
Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (14%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Cashiers (4%)

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

Mexico (61%)
Germany (9%)
Canada (8%)
Japan (7%)
India (6%)
Vietnam (3%)
United Kingdom (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Greer County:

United States or American (20%)
Irish (11%)
English (9%)
German (9%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
African (3%)
European (2%)

Greer County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,730 (85%)
Carpooled: 190 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
Walked: 31 (2%)
Other means: 25 (1%)
Worked at home: 56 (3%)

People in group quarters in Greer County, Oklahoma

891 people in state prisons
59 people in nursing homes
22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
10 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $32,202.

7.94% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,567 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.94%
Oklahoma average:	8.21%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.00% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($18,646 average AGI)
2.94% relocated from other states ($11,921 average AGI)
Greer County: 2.94%
Oklahoma average: 3.36%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

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

from Jackson County, OK

1.69% ($28,333 average AGI)

7.60% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,074 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.60%
Oklahoma average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.59% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($18,165 average AGI)
2.01% relocated to other states ($9,909 average AGI)
Greer County: 2.01%
Oklahoma average: 3.11%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

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

to Jackson County, OK	1.69% ($26,741 average AGI)
to Kiowa County, OK	0.88% ($19,214)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.5

Births per 1000 population in Greer County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Greer County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Greer County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,341 (1,201 aged, 140 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 23%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,071

In family households: 4,194 (1,165 male householders, 292 female householders)
1,162 spouses, 1,300 children (1,201 natural, 22 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 86 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 46 other relatives, 119 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 877 (324 male householders (283 living alone)), 474 female householders (470 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 990 (955 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 777 2-persons, 298 3-persons, 229 4-persons, 106 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 753 1-person, 20 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 7 4-persons.

734 married couples with children.
317 single-parent households (77 men, 240 women).

92.1% of residents of Greer County speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $55,823,000 ($9544 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,760,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $18,843,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $15,617,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,528,000
Federal grants: $12,686,000
Federal procurement contracts: $545,000 ($214,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,603,000 ($230,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,699,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,231,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,871,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 323

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 450

Here:	76 per 1000 residents
State:	52 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +5

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -32

Here:	-5 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Greer County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.78 millions of gallons per day (79% from ground, 21% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 20
1995 to 1998: 53
1990 to 1994: 67
1980 to 1989: 229
1970 to 1979: 369
1960 to 1969: 422
1950 to 1959: 468
1940 to 1949: 312
1939 or earlier: 848

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Greer County, Oklahoma:

1 room: 8
2 rooms: 18
3 rooms: 57
4 rooms: 195
5 rooms: 461
6 rooms: 494
7 rooms: 249
8 rooms: 101
9 or more rooms: 91

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greer County, Oklahoma:

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 28
3 rooms: 84
4 rooms: 165
5 rooms: 195
6 rooms: 61
7 rooms: 11
8 rooms: 12
9 or more rooms: 0

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

no bedroom: 8
1 bedroom: 79
2 bedrooms: 481
3 bedrooms: 909
4 bedrooms: 178
5 or more bedrooms: 19

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greer County:

no bedroom: 7
1 bedroom: 153
2 bedrooms: 232
3 bedrooms: 164
4 bedrooms: 7
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 81
1 vehicle: 464
2 vehicles: 720
3 vehicles: 283
4 vehicles: 83
5 or more vehicles: 43

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

no vehicle: 85
1 vehicle: 274
2 vehicles: 153
3 vehicles: 39
4 vehicles: 12
5 or more vehicles: 0

56% of Greer County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Oklahoma.

Greer County:	56.0%
State average:	52.2%

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

This state: 4080
Northeast: 68
Midwest: 421
South: 891
West: 482

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (77%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
Electricity (9%)
Wood (1%)
Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (75%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
Electricity (10%)
Other fuel (3%)
Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22

Here:	3.7%
Oklahoma:	6.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17

Here:	5.6%
Oklahoma:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20

Here:	7.9%
Oklahoma:	16.6%

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)

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