Seward County, Kansas (KS)

Races in Seward County, Kansas:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $132,873

Here:	$132,873
State:	$190,494

Townhouses or other attached units: $240,884

Here:	$240,884
State:	$171,869

Mobile homes: $27,602

Here:	$27,602
State:	$47,703

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

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,880 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,198 (1.4%)

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: 64.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 7,236 (31.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 9822010 or later
• 2,2632000 to 2009
• 2,0891990 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: 5,521
• One, attached: 137
• Two: 284
• 3 or 4: 313
• 5 to 9: 290
• 10 to 19: 176
• 20 to 49: 18
• 50 or more: 97
• Mobile homes: 1,265

Housing units in Seward County with a mortgage: 2,744 (46 second mortgage, 93 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,266

Religion statistics for Seward County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Seward County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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

7.93% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($28,619 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.59% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($10,013 average AGI)
5.33% relocated from other states ($18,606 average AGI)

Seward County:	5.33%
Kansas average:	3.18%

from Texas County, OK	0.82% ($23,738 average AGI)
from Sedgwick County, KS	0.31% ($27,000)
from Beaver County, OK	0.30% ($29,083)
from Finney County, KS	0.28% ($21,500)
from Stevens County, KS	0.26% ($31,810)
from Ford County, KS	0.23% ($25,389)
from Meade County, KS	0.18% ($38,643)

8.28% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($34,275 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.38% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($11,336 average AGI)
5.90% relocated to other states ($22,939 average AGI)

Seward County:	5.90%
Kansas average:	3.65%

to Texas County, OK	0.78% ($31,645 average AGI)
to Beaver County, OK	0.39% ($39,581)
to Sedgwick County, KS	0.36% ($74,207)
to Ford County, KS	0.30% ($26,583)
to Finney County, KS	0.25% ($23,900)
to Meade County, KS	0.25% ($30,500)
to Oklahoma County, OK	0.16% ($31,231)

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 2014: 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:

• In family households: 19,830 (2,720 male householders, 2,468 female householders)

  3,495 spouses, 8,295 children (7,895 natural, 92 adopted, 321 stepchildren), 742 grandchildren, 180 brothers or sisters, 554 parents, 881 other relatives, 530 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,914 (998 male householders (739 living alone)), 1,141 female householders (992 living alone)), 783 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 474

Size of family households: 1,760 2-persons, 1,041 3-persons, 1,065 4-persons, 626 5-persons, 385 6-persons, 241 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,730 1-person, 255 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 11 5-persons.

4,121 married couples with children.
2,087 single-parent households (631 men, 1,456 women).

41.1% of residents of Seward speak English at home.
56.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (27% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

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
• 02014 or later
• 272010 to 2013
• 5282000 to 2009
• 7001990 to 1999
• 1,1291980 to 1989
• 1,5771970 to 1979
• 1,5341960 to 1969
• 1,3071950 to 1959
• 4331940 to 1949
• 8071939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Seward County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Seward County, Kansas
• 121 room
• 52 rooms
• 403 rooms
• 7354 rooms
• 1,2635 rooms
• 9306 rooms
• 7747 rooms
• 5528 rooms
• 6909+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seward County, Kansas
• 421 room
• 882 rooms
• 3503 rooms
• 5924 rooms
• 7795 rooms
• 2996 rooms
• 867 rooms
• 618 rooms
• 359+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Seward County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Seward County, Kansas
• 11no bedroom
• 761 bedroom
• 1,0182 bedrooms
• 2,4833 bedrooms
• 9854 bedrooms
• 4075+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seward County, Kansas
• 109no bedroom
• 3521 bedroom
• 1,0052 bedrooms
• 7653 bedrooms
• 974 bedrooms
• 215+ 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
• 88no vehicle
• 1,1551 vehicle
• 1,9772 vehicles
• 1,1053 vehicles
• 4784 vehicles
• 2055+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Seward County in renter-occupied apartments
• 268no vehicle
• 1,2131 vehicle
• 6372 vehicles
• 1723 vehicles
• 414 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

84.1% of Seward County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Kansas.

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

• This state: 10,333
• Other state: 5,647
• Northeast: 103
• Midwest: 726
• South: 3,132
• West: 1,711

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