Roberts County, Texas (TX)

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County population in July 2007: 831 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 288
Renter-occupied apartments: 74

% of renters here:	20%
State:	36%

Land area: 924 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 1 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Roberts County: 78.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (26.1%), Educational,health and social services (23.7%), Public administration (10.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 62%
Government: 23%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 13%
Unpaid family work: 2%

Roberts County, Texas business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Roberts County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
Hispanic (3.2%)
Other race (1.4%)
Two or more races (1.1%)
American Indian (0.9%)

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

Median resident age:	42.0 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 444	(50.1%)
Females: 443	(49.9%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $20,540
County population in 2003: 823
Jobs in 2003: 226

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Total labor force in 2004: 527
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.0%

Average household size:

Roberts County:	2.5 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,341 ($44,792 in 1999)

This county:	$53,341
Texas:	$47,548

2007 median house/condo value: $82,516 ($48,800 in 2000)

Roberts County:	$82,516
Texas:	$120,900

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $286 (lower quartile is $256, upper quartile is $472)

This county:	$286
State:	$589

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,128
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $266

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 7
Thefts: 18
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: 1
Burglaries: 7
Thefts: 16
Auto thefts: 0

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2004 Presidential Election results in Roberts County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 90.9%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 9.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $551 (1.0%)

Roberts County household income distribution in 2007

Roberts County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	7.2%
Whole state:	15.4%

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

This county:	1.9%
Whole state:	6.7%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Roberts County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $645 a month.

Cities in this county include: Miami.

Neighboring counties: Carson County , Gray County , Hansford County , Hemphill County , Hutchinson County , Lipscomb County , Ochiltree County , Wheeler County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Roberts County: Cake House Windmill (A), Morrison Ranch (B), New Windmill (C), North Camp Windmill (D), Lake Theis Windmill (E), Pats Creek Camp (F), Point Windmill (G), East Tallahone Windmill (H), Red Windmill (I), Hayhook Ranch (J), Sand Hill Windmill (K), Sandy Windmill (L), Highland Windmill (M), Southeast Windmill (N), Five Tub Windmill (O), Brainard Ranch (P), Tree Windmill (Q), Wayside Community Center (R), Roberts County Museum (S). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Jim Waterfield Lake (A), Gill Lake (B), Locke Brothers Ranch Lake (C), McMordie Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Picketts Ranch Creek (A), Pickett Ranch Creek (B), Hackberry Creek (C), Reynolds Creek (D), Jocks Creek (E), Barton Creek (F), Willow Creek (G), Dugout Creek (H), Dry Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.5%
Texas:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 25
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 4 (50% naturalized citizens)

Roberts County:	0.5%
Whole state:	13.9%

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

Mean travel time to work: 27.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 46.3%

Roberts County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 407
Two: 9
3 or 4: 5
Mobile homes: 25
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Housing units in Roberts County with a mortgage: 93 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118

Here:	44.1% with mortgage
State:	64.2% with mortgage

Agriculture in Roberts County
Average size of farms: 5262 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $140767
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $143.31
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: 83.17%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $117165
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 3.14%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $74521
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 77.66%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.19
Corn for grain: 2850 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 6338 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 949 harvested acres

Roberts County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Texas state average. It is 1.6 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/6/1968, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
Mining (14%)
Public administration (9%)
Construction (7%)
Utilities (4%)
Health care (4%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (21%)
Health care (20%)
Finance and insurance (12%)
Public administration (12%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (16%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)

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

Japan (50%)
Mexico (50%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Roberts County:

United States or American (26%)
German (15%)
Irish (15%)
English (8%)
Scotch-Irish (6%)
French (except Basque) (3%)
Scottish (2%)

Roberts County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 365 (80%)
Carpooled: 47 (10%)
Walked: 19 (4%)
Other means: 7 (2%)
Worked at home: 16 (4%)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $44,217.

14.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,425 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	14.55%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10.18% relocated from other counties in Texas ($28,000 average AGI)
4.36% relocated from other states ($12,400 average AGI)
Roberts County: 4.36%
Texas average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

18.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,192 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	18.12%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
14.29% relocated to other counties in Texas ($27,212 average AGI)
3.83% relocated to other states ($4,962 average AGI)
Roberts County: 3.83%
Texas average: 2.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.3

Births per 1000 population in Roberts County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.7

Deaths per 1000 population in Roberts County

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

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Roberts County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 130 (0 aged, 0 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1707.320
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 731.710

Household type by relationship

Households: 887

In family households: 800 (248 male householders, 30 female householders)
265 spouses, 229 children (200 natural, 4 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 87 (39 male householders (39 living alone)), 48 female householders (48 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 139 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 10 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person.

98.3% of residents of Roberts County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $4,664,000 ($5404 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $51,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,644,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $1,131,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $996,000
Federal grants: $507,000
Federal procurement contracts: $66,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $320,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $0,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,408,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 24

Here:	29 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 63

Here:	77 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: 0

Here:	0 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -24

Here:	-29 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Roberts County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.13 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	6.2
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1
1995 to 1998: 11
1990 to 1994: 2
1980 to 1989: 59
1970 to 1979: 51
1960 to 1969: 57
1950 to 1959: 63
1940 to 1949: 49
1939 or earlier: 156

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Roberts County, Texas:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 4 4 rooms: 19 5 rooms: 95 6 rooms: 68 7 rooms: 50 8 rooms: 24 9+ rooms: 24

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Roberts County, Texas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 2 4 rooms: 4 5 rooms: 19 6 rooms: 15 7 rooms: 17 8 rooms: 11 9+ rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Roberts County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 4 2 bedrooms: 67 3 bedrooms: 176 4 bedrooms: 35 5+ bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Roberts County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 2 2 bedrooms: 16 3 bedrooms: 37 4 bedrooms: 19 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Roberts County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 6 1 vehicle: 67 2 vehicles: 137 3 vehicles: 53 4 vehicles: 21 5+ vehicles: 4

Cars and other vehicles available in Roberts County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1 1 vehicle: 26 2 vehicles: 33 3 vehicles: 14 4 vehicles: 0 5+ vehicles: 0

53% of Roberts County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Texas.

Roberts County:	53.3%
State average:	51.6%

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

This state: 650
Northeast: 2
Midwest: 49
South: 112
West: 67

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500

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 (70%) Electricity (17%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (46%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%) Electricity (24%) Other fuel (4%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4

Here:	3.3%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2

Here:	3.3%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

Here:	8.7%
Texas:	15.4%

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) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Roberts County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

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