Seward County, Kansas (KS)

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• • 14,04661.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6,68829.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9884.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5972.6%Asian alone
  • 2281.0%Two or more races
  • 1240.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 40.02%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $146,433

Here:	$146,433
State:	$207,668

Townhouses or other attached units: $108,144

Here:	$108,144
State:	$194,239

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $85,710

Here:	$85,710
State:	$156,726

Mobile homes: $33,215

Here:	$33,215
State:	$58,367

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 23
• Thefts: 55
• Auto thefts: 4

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 15
• Thefts: 52
• Auto thefts: 6

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,301 (1.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,430 (1.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Seward County is $458 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $529 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $650 a month.

Cities in this county include: Liberal, Kismet.

Neighboring counties: Apache County, Arizona , Bedford County, Virginia , Dickenson County, Virginia , Harper County , Kiowa County , Ottawa County, Oklahoma , Wilson County .

Current college students: 766
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 66.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,882 (35.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,2962010 or later
• 2,0552000 to 2009
• 1,4561990 to 1999
• 1,7291980 to 1989
• 4321970 to 1979
• 141Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 5,583
• One, attached: 167
• Two: 349
• 3 or 4: 403
• 5 to 9: 228
• 10 to 19: 158
• 20 to 49: 20
• 50 or more: 123
• Mobile homes: 1,301

Housing units in Seward County with a mortgage: 2,414 (29 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,552

Religion statistics for Seward County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Seward County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4504, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kansas Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2017 - May 3, 2017, FEMA Id: 4319, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 13, 2017 - January 16, 2017, FEMA Id: 4304, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 28, 2006 to December 31, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1675: January 07, 2007, FEMA Id: 1675, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1462: May 06, 2003, FEMA Id: 1462, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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
• Kansas SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 02, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-378: May 02, 1973, FEMA Id: 378, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood

6.61% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,366 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.06% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($9,987 average AGI)
4.55% relocated from other states ($22,378 average AGI)

Seward County:	4.55%
Kansas average:	3.30%

from Texas County, OK	0.73% ($30,311 average AGI)
from Beaver County, OK	0.33% ($37,571)
from Finney County, KS	0.31% ($27,115)
from Ford County, KS	0.31% ($29,115)
from Imperial County, CA	0.26% ($21,364)

9.59% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,325 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.84% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($11,272 average AGI)
6.75% relocated to other states ($30,053 average AGI)

Seward County:	6.75%
Kansas average:	3.97%

to Texas County, OK	0.65% ($32,500 average AGI)
to Beaver County, OK	0.45% ($41,897)
to Finney County, KS	0.43% ($38,514)
to Ford County, KS	0.43% ($33,459)
to Sedgwick County, KS	0.42% ($31,667)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 21.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 23.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 5.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Seward County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,740 (648 living alone), Female householders: 3,639 (1,071 living alone)

• 3,582 spouses (3,569 opposite-sex spouses), 762 unmarried partners, (755 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,933 children (7,364 natural, 171 adopted, 382 stepchildren), 631 grandchildren, 258 brothers or sisters, 310 parents, 70 foster children, 322 other relatives, 604 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 498

Size of family households: 1,758 2-persons, 1,323 3-persons, 971 4-persons, 739 5-persons, 329 6-persons, 132 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,761 1-person, 217 2-persons, 133 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 14 5-persons.

4,030 married couples with children.
2,110 single-parent households (914 men, 1,196 women).

40.9% of residents of Seward speak English at home.
53.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (16% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 81% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $80,163,000 ($3,450 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,007,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $30,675,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $17,081,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,165,000
Federal grants: $16,608,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,018,000 ($125,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,616,000 ($289,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,143,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,169,000
Federal Government insurance: $28,823,000

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

Here:	-132 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.00 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Seward County, Kansas
• 3872014 or later
• 252010 to 2013
• 3642000 to 2009
• 8391990 to 1999
• 8531980 to 1989
• 1,8271970 to 1979
• 1,5261960 to 1969
• 1,3881950 to 1959
• 5321940 to 1949
• 6281939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Seward County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Seward County, Kansas
• 461 room
• 102 rooms
• 363 rooms
• 5194 rooms
• 1,3305 rooms
• 1,0676 rooms
• 7057 rooms
• 4798 rooms
• 7369+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seward County, Kansas
• 821 room
• 1722 rooms
• 3223 rooms
• 7474 rooms
• 5995 rooms
• 3996 rooms
• 507 rooms
• 278 rooms
• 339+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Seward County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Seward County, Kansas
• 53no bedroom
• 611 bedroom
• 7272 bedrooms
• 2,7033 bedrooms
• 1,0004 bedrooms
• 4105+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seward County, Kansas
• 109no bedroom
• 4541 bedroom
• 1,1202 bedrooms
• 5623 bedrooms
• 1654 bedrooms
• 375+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Seward County, Kansas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Seward County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 95no vehicle
• 9741 vehicle
• 2,2442 vehicles
• 1,0643 vehicles
• 4614 vehicles
• 995+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Seward County in renter-occupied apartments
• 343no vehicle
• 1,1671 vehicle
• 6892 vehicles
• 1783 vehicles
• 544 vehicles
• 95+ vehicles

83.9% of Seward County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Kansas.

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

• This state: 10,607
• Other state: 4,803
• Northeast: 172
• Midwest: 625
• South: 2,667
• West: 1,326

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 276
• Number of aged recipients: 31
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 245
• Number of recipients under 18: 43
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 174
• Number of recipients older than 64: 59
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 102
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 114