Rooks County, Kansas (KS)

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County population in July 2007: 5,160 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,822
Renter-occupied apartments: 540

% of renters here:	23%
State:	31%

Land area: 888 sq. mi.
Water area: 7.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 6 people per square mile

(very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	9.8%
Whole state:	9.9%

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

This county:	4.6%
Whole state:	4.1%

2008 cost of living index in Rooks County: 76.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.8%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (17.6%), Manufacturing (11.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 61%
Government: 21%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 18%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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

Races in Rooks County, Kansas:

White Non-Hispanic (96.5%)
Black (1.1%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Two or more races (0.7%)

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

Median resident age:	40.5 years
Kansas median age:	35.2 years

Males: 2,815	(49.5%)
Females: 2,870	(50.5%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $21,163
County population in 2003: 5,417
Jobs in 2003: 2,202

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Total labor force in 2004: 2,662
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.7%

Average household size:

Rooks County:	2.3 people
Kansas:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,178 ($30,457 in 2000)

This county	$32,178
Kansas:	$42,920

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $50,972

Rooks County	$50,972
Kansas:	$107,800

Median monthly rent in 2000: $325
Institutionalized population: 197
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Rooks County in 2000: $579

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 8
Thefts: 4
Auto thefts: 0

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2004 Presidential Election results in Rooks County Kansas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 78.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 19.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $596 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rooks County is $378 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $636 a month.

Cities in this county include: Plainville, Stockton, Palco, Damar, Zurich, Woodston.

Neighboring counties: Ellis County , Graham County , Osborne County , Phillips County , Smith County , Trego County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Mount Vernon Community Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Rooks County include: Church of the Nazarene (A), Ash Rock Church (B), Mount Pleasant Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Saint Joseph Cemetery (1), Aurora Cemetery (2), Plainville Cemetery (3), Zurich Cemetery (4), Palco Cemetery (5), West Hope Cemetery (6), Shiloh Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Plainville Township Lake (A), Webster Reservoir (B), Lake Stockton (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Robbers Roost Creek (A), Medicine Creek (B), Ash Creek (C), Spring Creek (D), Elm Creek (E), Roberts Roost Creek (F), Sand Creek (G), Cocklebur Creek (H), Lost Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Rooks County include: Webster Wildlife Area (1), Webster State Park (2), Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (3), Rooks County State Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.8%
Kansas:	4.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 100
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 14 (86% naturalized citizens)

Rooks County:	0.2%
Whole state:	5.0%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 0 1990 to 1994: 0 1985 to 1989: 5 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 5 1970 to 1974: 2 1965 to 1969: 2

Mean travel time to work: 15.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 81.7%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,464
One, attached: 34
Two: 26
3 or 4: 36
5 to 9: 49
10 to 19: 6
20 or more: 22
Mobile homes: 117
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

Housing units in Rooks County with a mortgage: 545 (6 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 869

Agriculture in Rooks County
Average size of farms: 1155 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $82790
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $83.41
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 65.72%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $85661
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 29.45%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.10%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $97617
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.22%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 8.52
Corn for grain: 4742 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 83463 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 5570 harvested acres

Rooks County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Kansas state average. It is 2.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/15/1992, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 2 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 (20%)
Construction (11%)
Mining (8%)
Wood products (6%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Truck transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (15%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Broadcasting and telecommunications (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (16%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

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

Mexico (36%)
Thailand (21%)
United Kingdom (14%)
France (14%)
Philippines (14%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Rooks County:

German (33%)
United States or American (18%)
Irish (10%)
English (10%)
French (except Basque) (5%)
French Canadian (3%)
Scottish (2%)

Rooks County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,033 (79%)
Carpooled: 269 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
Walked: 136 (5%)
Other means: 11 (0%)
Worked at home: 124 (5%)

People in group quarters in Rooks County, Kansas

107 people in state prisons
87 people in nursing homes
3 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 $39,546.

5.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,161 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.90%
Kansas average:	7.39%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.90% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($17,831 average AGI)
2.00% relocated from other states ($9,331 average AGI)
Rooks County: 2.00%
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 Ellis County, KS

1.00% ($19,350 average AGI)

6.27% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,857 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.27%
Kansas average:	7.67%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.63% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($15,627 average AGI)
1.64% relocated to other states ($9,230 average AGI)
Rooks County: 1.64%
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 Ellis County, KS

1.34% ($25,000 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.5

Births per 1000 population in Rooks County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.3

Deaths per 1000 population in Rooks County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Rooks County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,272 (1,167 aged, 105 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 18.57
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 8317.860
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 352.770
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 25324.92

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1214.730
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1438.980
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 37.38

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 35.34
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 93.44

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,490

In family households: 4,617 (1,302 male householders, 255 female householders)
1,291 spouses, 1,616 children (1,454 natural, 64 adopted, 98 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 24 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 873 (348 male householders (306 living alone)), 460 female householders (445 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 195 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 838 2-persons, 281 3-persons, 239 4-persons, 129 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 751 1-person, 47 2-persons, 10 3-persons.

97.0% of residents of Rooks County speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $46,695,000 ($8670 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $710,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $17,019,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $11,914,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,010,000
Federal grants: $5,015,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,119,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,617,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $450,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $561,000
Federal Government insurance: $13,048,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 307

Here:	57 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 371

Here:	69 per 1000 residents
State:	47 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: -3

Here:	-1 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -256

Here:	-48 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Rooks County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.86 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.0
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 9
1995 to 1998: 24
1990 to 1994: 49
1980 to 1989: 206
1970 to 1979: 276
1960 to 1969: 240
1950 to 1959: 610
1940 to 1949: 326
1939 or earlier: 1,018

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rooks County, Kansas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 42 4 rooms: 147 5 rooms: 350 6 rooms: 452 7 rooms: 331 8 rooms: 194 9+ rooms: 304

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rooks County, Kansas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 94 4 rooms: 122 5 rooms: 99 6 rooms: 70 7 rooms: 55 8 rooms: 57 9+ rooms: 43

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rooks County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 60 2 bedrooms: 476 3 bedrooms: 705 4 bedrooms: 411 5+ bedrooms: 168

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rooks County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 105 2 bedrooms: 195 3 bedrooms: 146 4 bedrooms: 78 5+ bedrooms: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Rooks County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 52 1 vehicle: 465 2 vehicles: 721 3 vehicles: 428 4 vehicles: 100 5+ vehicles: 56

Cars and other vehicles available in Rooks County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 72 1 vehicle: 221 2 vehicles: 159 3 vehicles: 60 4 vehicles: 16 5+ vehicles: 12

65% of Rooks County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Kansas.

Rooks County:	64.9%
State average:	53.5%

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

This state: 4526
Northeast: 50
Midwest: 432
South: 307
West: 345

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (77%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%) Electricity (4%) Wood (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (67%) Electricity (18%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62

Here:	9.1%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5

Here:	1.4%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

Here:	2.7%
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 (Noninst.)

Rooks County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $1,489,000
Solid Waste Management: $110,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $1,856,000
Welfare - Other: $1,671,000

Regular Highways: $1,240,000

Health Services - Other: $649,000

Central Staff Services: $314,000

Corrections - Other: $284,000

Financial Administration: $241,000

Natural Resources - Other: $194,000

Solid Waste Management: $127,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $119,000

Parks & Recreation: $52,000

Police Protection: $28,000
General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Natural Resources: $80,000
Higher Education: $25,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $30,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $26,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $983,000
Interest Earnings: $109,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $128,000
Health - Other: $36,000

Corrections - Other: $24,000

Regular Highways: $24,000

Judicial: $7,000

Central Staff: $7,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,366,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $359,000
Health & Hospitals: $220,000

General Support: $68,000

All Other: $27,000
Tax - Property: $3,330,000
NEC: $63,000

Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $3,726,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Rooks County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

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

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)