Kearney County, Nebraska (NE)

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County population in 2005: 6,774 (42% urban, 58% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,957
Renter-occupied apartments: 686

% of renters here:	26%
State:	33%

Land area: 516 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 13 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	8.5%
Whole state:	9.7%

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

This county:	3.5%
Whole state:	4.0%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.3%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (14.9%), Manufacturing (13.3%), Retail trade (11.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 72%
Government: 13%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 14%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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Races in Kearney County, Nebraska:

White Non-Hispanic (96.8%)
Hispanic (2.3%)
Other race (1.0%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	38.7 years
Nebraska median age:	35.3 years

Males: 3,413	(49.6%)
Females: 3,469	(50.4%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,059
County population in 2003: 6,849
Jobs in 2003: 2,300

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Total labor force in 2004: 4,066
Unemployment rate in 2004: 2.8%

Average household size:

Kearney County:	2.5 people
Nebraska:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $43,846 ($39,247 in 2000)

This county	$43,846
Nebraska:	$43,849

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $101,085

Kearney County	$101,085
Nebraska:	$113,200

Median montly rent in 2000: $453
Institutionalized population: 145
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Kearney County in 2000: $767

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 4
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 1
Burglaries: 7
Thefts: 28
Auto thefts: 1

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 2
Burglaries: 19
Thefts: 38
Auto thefts: 5

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2004 Presidential Election results in Kearney County Nebraska:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 77.7%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 20.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,225 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kearney County is $412 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $542 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $693 a month.

Cities in this county include: Minden, Axtell, Wilcox, Heartwell, Norman.

Neighboring counties: Adams County , Buffalo County , Franklin County , Harlan County , Phelps County , Webster County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Kearney County: Cargill Incorporated Elevator (A), Minden Country Club (B), Keene Co-op Grain and Supply Company Elevator (C), Motala (D), Heartwell (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Kearney County include: Holy Family Catholic Church (A), Keene Evangelical Free Church (B), Osco Church (C), Fredricksburg Church (D), Bethany Church (E), Bethpage Mission (F), Salem Church (G), Saint Paul Church (H), United Methodist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Garden Plain Cemetery (1), Osco Cemetery (2), Keene Cemetery (3), Norman Cemetery (4), Saint Paul Cemetery (5), Eaton Cemetery (6), Liberty Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Reiss Reservoir Number 2 (A), Reiss Reservoir Number 1 (B), Petersen Reservoir (C), Olson Reservoir (D), Hieb Reservoir (E), Christensen Reservoir (F), Hubert Reservoir (G), Warp Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: South Branch Sand Creek (A), North Dry Creek (B), Whisky Slough (C), Crooked Creek (D), Lost Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Kearney County include: Great Platte River Road Historical Marker (1), Gleason Federal Waterfowl Production Area (2), Frerichs Federal Waterfowl Production Area (3), Fort Kearney State Historical Park (4), Fort Kearney Historical Marker (5), Clark Federal Waterfowl Production Area (6), Walkers Ranch Historical Marker (7), Youngson Lagoon Nat Wildlife Mgt Area (8), Lindau Federal Waterfowl Production Area (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Heartwell Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	1.9%
Nebraska:	2.7%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 205
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 111 (35% naturalized citizens)

Kearney County:	1.6%
Whole state:	4.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 10
1990 to 1994: 32
1985 to 1989: 16
1980 to 1984: 16
1975 to 1979: 18
1970 to 1974: 0
1970 to 1974: 0
1965 to 1969: 19

Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 55.9%

Kearney County marital status for males

Kearney County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,479
One, attached: 26
Two: 33
3 or 4: 59
5 to 9: 20
10 to 19: 10
20 or more: 4
Mobile homes: 202
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13

Housing units in Kearney County with a mortgage: 844 (62 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 678

Agriculture in Kearney County
Average size of farms: 804 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $497791
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $316.40
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 59.38%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $439669
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 79.48%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 81.76%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $229426
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 80.34%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 24.85
Corn for grain: 150274 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 8394 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 88338 harvested acres

Kearney County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Nebraska state average. It is 2.2 times above overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
Construction (12%)
Machinery (5%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Educational services (4%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (22%)
Educational services (14%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Social assistance (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Food and beverage stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (16%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

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

Mexico (58%)
Korea (12%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Netherlands (7%)
El Salvador (5%)
Italy (4%)
Pakistan (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Kearney County:

German (39%)
Danish (11%)
Swedish (10%)
Irish (8%)
English (6%)
United States or American (6%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Kearney County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,792 (79%)
Carpooled: 326 (9%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 3 (0%)
Walked: 153 (4%)
Other means: 22 (1%)
Worked at home: 212 (6%)

People in group quarters in Kearney County, Nebraska

117 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
101 people in nursing homes
40 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $45,222.

8.84% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,918 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.84%
Nebraska average:	7.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.43% relocated from other counties in Nebraska ($26,493 average AGI)
1.41% relocated from other states ($4,425 average AGI)
Kearney County: 1.41%
Nebraska average: 2.84%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

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

from Buffalo County, NE	3.47% ($31,581 average AGI)
from Phelps County, NE	0.52% ($27,308)
from Adams County, NE	0.40% ($34,600)
from Franklin County, NE	0.40% ($21,600)

10.46% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,208 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.46%
Nebraska average:	7.41%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.40% relocated to other counties in Nebraska ($22,860 average AGI)
2.06% relocated to other states ($7,348 average AGI)
Kearney County: 2.06%
Nebraska average: 3.31%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

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

to Buffalo County, NE	3.57% ($28,867 average AGI)
to Lancaster County, NE	0.87% ($19,864)
to Adams County, NE	0.63% ($29,688)
to Phelps County, NE	0.59% ($24,467)
to Franklin County, NE	0.40% ($29,700)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.7

Births per 1000 population in Kearney County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Kearney County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 14.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Kearney County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,179 (1,041 aged, 138 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,624

In family households: 5,797 (1,639 male householders, 281 female householders)
1,695 spouses, 2,008 children (1,805 natural, 59 adopted, 144 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 4 other relatives, 91 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 827 (380 male householders (325 living alone)), 335 female householders (312 living alone)), 112 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 258 (142 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 942 2-persons, 339 3-persons, 374 4-persons, 189 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 637 1-person, 53 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 5 4-persons.

1,462 married couples with children.
283 single-parent households (77 men, 206 women).

95.9% of residents of Kearney County speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $52,276,000 ($7598 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,009,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $15,610,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,289,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $12,643,000
Federal grants: $5,933,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,153,000 ($1,787,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,647,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $477,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,135,000
Federal Government insurance: $67,201,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 393

Here:	58 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 354

Here:	52 per 1000 residents
State:	46 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: 0

Here:	0 per 1000 residents
State:	+13 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -129

Here:	-19 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Kearney County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.28 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.9
State:	6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.4
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 10
1995 to 1998: 127
1990 to 1994: 83
1980 to 1989: 168
1970 to 1979: 594
1960 to 1969: 345
1950 to 1959: 259
1940 to 1949: 186
1939 or earlier: 1,074

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kearney County, Nebraska:

1 room: 2
2 rooms: 6
3 rooms: 27
4 rooms: 118
5 rooms: 346
6 rooms: 325
7 rooms: 348
8 rooms: 290
9 or more rooms: 495

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kearney County, Nebraska:

1 room: 4
2 rooms: 31
3 rooms: 44
4 rooms: 149
5 rooms: 129
6 rooms: 116
7 rooms: 85
8 rooms: 67
9 or more rooms: 61

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

no bedroom: 2
1 bedroom: 56
2 bedrooms: 408
3 bedrooms: 789
4 bedrooms: 509
5 or more bedrooms: 193

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kearney County:

no bedroom: 4
1 bedroom: 89
2 bedrooms: 256
3 bedrooms: 202
4 bedrooms: 91
5 or more bedrooms: 44

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

no vehicle: 23
1 vehicle: 339
2 vehicles: 952
3 vehicles: 416
4 vehicles: 145
5 or more vehicles: 82

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

no vehicle: 43
1 vehicle: 222
2 vehicles: 218
3 vehicles: 153
4 vehicles: 28
5 or more vehicles: 22

59% of Kearney County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Nebraska.

Kearney County:	59.0%
State average:	55.7%

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

This state: 5485
Northeast: 83
Midwest: 663
South: 141
West: 386

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,900

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 (67%)
Electricity (17%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
Wood (2%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (64%)
Electricity (17%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Wood (1%)

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

Here:	2.5%
Nebraska:	14.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31

Here:	6.0%
Nebraska:	10.8%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 4

Here:	2.3%
Nebraska:	20.0%

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)

Kearney County government finances in 2004:

Charges - Hospital Public: $4,150,000
Construction - Own Hospitals: $283,000
Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $4,150,000
Regular Highways: $1,149,000

General - Other: $895,000

Police Protection: $220,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $216,000

Financial Administration: $208,000

Central Staff Services: $155,000

Natural Resources - Other: $106,000

Fire Protection: $68,000

General Public Buildings: $68,000

Welfare - Other: $23,000

Health Services - Other: $6,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $181,000
General - Interest on Debt: $60,000
Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $28,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,015,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $960,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $55,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $101,000
Interest Earnings: $74,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $470,000
General - Other: $368,000

Financial Administration: $22,000

Judicial: $11,000

General Public Building: $4,000

Natural Resource - Other: $3,000

Central Staff: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,981,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $114,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $879,000
All Other: $109,000
Tax - Property: $1,933,000
NEC: $516,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $3,414,000

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