County population in 2016: 9,553 (all rural); it was 9,570 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 1,795 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,426 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 3,142 Renter-occupied apartments: 799 (it was 665 in 2000)
% of renters here:
17%
State:
32%
Land area: 599 sq. mi.
Water area: 7.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 16 people per square mile (low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Linn County: 80.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (32.2%), Educational, health and social services (18.1%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (15.3%), Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing (13.0%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $46,955 ($35,906 in 1999)
This county:
$46,955
Kansas:
$54,935
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $443 (lower quartile is $360, upper quartile is $556)
This county:
$443
State:
$616
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $96,921 (it was $67,300 in 2000)
Linn:
$96,921
Kansas:
$144,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $54,392 - $184,028 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,043 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $419
Institutionalized population: 63
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 7
Burglaries: 57
Thefts: 34
Auto thefts: 11
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 18
Burglaries: 60
Thefts: 63
Auto thefts: 9
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,445 (1.3%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,076 (1.2%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 13.7%
Linn County:
13.7%
Kansas:
12.1%
(14.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 28.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 5.6% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 43.8 years old
(Males: 44.0 years old, Females: 43.4 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 45.1 years old, Black residents: 39.3 years old, American Indian residents: 52.4 years old, Asian residents: 51.1 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 23.1 years old)
Area name: Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Linn County is $612 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $703 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $951 a month.
Current college students: 183 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.3% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 37 (61.0% naturalized citizens)
Linn County:
0.4%
Whole state:
7.1%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 0
2000 to 2009: 15
1990 to 1999: 0
1980 to 1989: 1
1970 to 1979: 2
Before 1970: 12
Note: State values scaled to Linn County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 34.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.5%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,227
One, attached: 41
Two: 88
3 or 4: 86
5 to 9: 22
10 to 19: 28
20 or more: 41
Mobile homes: 833
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 91
Housing units in Linn County with a mortgage: 1,834 (18 second mortgage, 90 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,459
Here:
50.0% with mortgage
State:
59.8% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Linn County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
1,460
13
Mainline Protestant
828
9
Catholic
380
2
Other
134
1
None
6,854
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Linn County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 3
Linn County:
3.08 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.96 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 7
Linn County:
7.20 / 10,000 pop.
Kansas:
3.84 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 5
This county:
5.14 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.33 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Linn County:
8.6%
Kansas:
8.1%
Adult obesity rate:
Linn County:
28.5%
State:
27.9%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
12.8%
State:
13.4%
Agriculture in Linn County:
Average size of farms: 344 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $25,540 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $88.07 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.14% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 54.98% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $28,270 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 37.93% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.65% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $62,263 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.36% Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.59 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.39% Corn for grain: 12317 harvested acres All wheat for grain: 13676 harvested acres Soybeans for beans: 46427 harvested acres Land in orchards: 160 acres
Earthquake activity:
Linn County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Kansas state average. It is 73% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/4/1991 at 01:18:54, a magnitude 5.0 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 296.8 miles away from Linn County center On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi) earthquake occurred 297.5 miles away from the county center On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG) earthquake occurred 305.4 miles away from the county center On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 375.6 miles away from the county center On 5/4/2001 at 06:42:12, a magnitude 4.7 (4.2 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 254.1 miles away from Linn County center On 1/21/1982 at 00:33:54, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 255.6 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
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 and Flooding, Incident Period: July 08, 2009 to July 14, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1860: September 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 1860, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
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, Emergency Declared EM-3282: December 12, 2007, FEMA Id: 3282, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
Kansas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2007 to July 25, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1711: July 02, 2007, FEMA Id: 1711, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
Kansas Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: September 01, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3236: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3236, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Kansas Ice Storm, Incident Period: January 29, 2002 to February 15, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1402: February 06, 2002, FEMA Id: 1402, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes, Incident Period: October 01, 1998 to October 08, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1254: October 14, 1998, FEMA Id: 1254, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Linn County (13) is near the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 11 Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 9, Storms: 9, Tornadoes: 6, Winds: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Snowstorm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
Transportation occupations (6%)
Office and administrative support occupations (6%)
Sales and related occupations (18%)
Office and administrative support occupations (13%)
Education, training, and library occupations (13%)
Management occupations (11%)
Healthcare support occupations (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Greece (32%)
India (22%)
Germany (11%)
Philippines (11%)
Laos (5%)
England (3%)
Mexico (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Linn County (%):
German (25%)
American (16%)
Irish (11%)
English (8%)
Scottish (2%)
Italian (2%)
European (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 2,332 (82.7%)
Carpooled: 247 (8.8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0.1%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 17 (0.6%)
Walked: 40 (1.4%)
Worked at home: 181 (6.4%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Linn County, Kansas in 2000:
99 people in nursing homes
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
35 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
28 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilitiesAverage gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $44,848.
7.59% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,012 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.59%
Kansas average:
6.43%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.07% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($22,174 average AGI)
2.52% relocated from other states ($9,838 average AGI)
Linn County:
2.52%
Kansas average:
3.18%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
7.37% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($29,104 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.37%
Kansas average:
6.89%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.99% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($19,665 average AGI)
2.38% relocated to other states ($9,442 average AGI)
Linn County:
2.38%
Kansas average:
3.65%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9 Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.6
Births per 1000 population in Linn County
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.3 Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.9 Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 11.9
Deaths per 1000 population in Linn County
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.2 Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Linn County
Population without health insurance coverage in 2013: 16.2% Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2013: 8.4%
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Linn County
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Linn County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 2,018 (1,703 aged, 315 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 221 (10%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Linn County, Kansas in 1999 - 2014:
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (159)
Atherosclerotic heart disease (134)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (134)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (62)
Pneumonia, unspecified (51)
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified (49)
Congestive heart failure (47)
Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (37)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,110 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 817 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 20
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 11 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 20
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,553
In family households: 7,948 (1,590 male householders, 1,180 female householders)
2,156 spouses, 2,577 children (2,164 natural, 129 adopted, 280 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 83 other relatives, 221 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,536 (686 male householders (648 living alone)), 753 female householders (672 living alone)), 83 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 64
Size of family households: 1,591 2-persons, 506 3-persons, 327 4-persons, 274 5-persons, 71 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,323 1-person, 112 2-persons, 4 3-persons.
1,586 married couples with children.
568 single-parent households (332 men, 236 women).
99.2% of residents of Linn speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $91,191,000 ($9,329 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $992,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $27,667,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $15,266,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,552,000 Federal grants: $39,648,000 Federal procurement contracts: $595,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $2,463,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $3,536,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,612,000 Federal Government insurance: $7,176,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 569
Here:
57 per 1000 residents
State:
75 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 549
Here:
55 per 1000 residents
State:
47 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: -2
Here:
-0 per 1000 residents
State:
+14 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +350
Here:
+35 per 1000 residents
State:
-21 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Linn County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.79 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Note: State values scaled to Linn County population
no vehicle: 116
1 vehicle: 656
2 vehicles: 886
3 vehicles: 1,082
4 vehicles: 368
5+ vehicles: 202
no vehicle: 123
1 vehicle: 433
2 vehicles: 245
3 vehicles: 91
4 vehicles: 0
5+ vehicles: 27
92% of Linn County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Kansas.
Linn County:
92.1%
State average:
83.4%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6,292
Other state: 3,157
Northeast: 99
Midwest: 2,113
South: 472
West: 469
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