Somervell County, Texas (TX)

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County population in July 2007: 7,757 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,821
Renter-occupied apartments: 617

% of renters here:	25%
State:	36%

Land area: 187 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 41 people per square mile

(average).

2008 cost of living index in Somervell County: 79.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.1%), Construction (13.1%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (12.5%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 72%
Government: 17%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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

Races in Somervell County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (84.6%)
Hispanic (13.4%)
Other race (5.1%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
American Indian (1.3%)

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

Median resident age:	36.8 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 3,398	(49.9%)
Females: 3,411	(50.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $41,240
County population in 2003: 7,311
Jobs in 2003: 3,776

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Total labor force in 2004: 3,883
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.0%

Average household size:

Somervell County:	2.7 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $46,925 ($39,404 in 1999)

This county:	$46,925
Texas:	$47,548

2007 median house/condo value: $136,906 ($91,300 in 2000)

Somervell County:	$136,906
Texas:	$120,900

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $363 (lower quartile is $286, upper quartile is $472)

This county:	$363
State:	$589

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,224
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $362

Institutionalized population: 151

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

Murders: 2
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 9
Burglaries: 33
Thefts: 97
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: 6
Burglaries: 81
Thefts: 64
Auto thefts: 6

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2004 Presidential Election results in Somervell County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 76.1%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 23.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $543 (0.6%)

Somervell County household income distribution in 2007

Somervell County home values distribution

Somervell County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	8.6%
Whole state:	15.4%

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

This county:	4.7%
Whole state:	6.7%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Somervell County is $420 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $635 a month.

Cities in this county include: Glen Rose.

Neighboring counties: Bosque County , Erath County , Hood County , Johnson County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Somervell County: Camp Arrowhead (A), Camp Tres Rios (B), Cedar Brake (C), Rainbow Camp (D), Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (E), Happy Hill Farm Academy Gymnasium (F), Dinosaur Valley State Park (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Somervell County include: Chalk Mountain Church (A), Rock Creek Church (B), Cottonwood Church (C), White Church (D), Oden Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Ward Branch Cemetery (1), Squaw Creek Cemetery (2), Oldham Cemetery (3), Nancy Smith Cemetery (4), Post Oak Cemetery (5), Lanham Mill Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Arena Lake (A), Lake Reed (B), Drechsel Lake (C), Safe Shutdown Impoundment (D), Shipman Lake (E), Russell Lake (F), Squaw Creek Reservoir (G), Twin Arena Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hill Creek (A), Opossum Branch (B), Rock Creek (C), Barker Branch (D), Wheeler Branch (E), White Bluff Creek (F), Georges Creek (G), Prairie Creek (H), Ice Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Somervell County include: Happy Hill Farm Academy Football Field (1), Happy Hill Farm Academy Baseball Field (2), Dinosaur Valley State Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.7%
Texas:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 263
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 387 (29% naturalized citizens)

Somervell County:	5.7%
Whole state:	13.9%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 94 1990 to 1994: 58 1985 to 1989: 40 1980 to 1984: 51 1975 to 1979: 84 1970 to 1974: 35 1970 to 1974: 23 1965 to 1969: 2

Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.4%

Somervell County marital status for males

Somervell County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,819
One, attached: 27
Two: 8
3 or 4: 25
5 to 9: 31
10 to 19: 26
20 or more: 24
Mobile homes: 771
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Housing units in Somervell County with a mortgage: 522 (35 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 359

Here:	59.3% with mortgage
State:	64.2% with mortgage

Agriculture in Somervell County
Average size of farms: 249 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $5975
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $77.04
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 74.38%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $9463
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 7.99%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.73%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $15661
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.22%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 8.16
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.17%
Vegetables: 14 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 664 acres

Somervell County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Texas state average. It is 1.4 times above overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (21%)
Utilities (12%)
Public administration (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Educational services (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (20%)
Health care (12%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Utilities (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
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 (7%)
Cashiers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)

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

Mexico (91%)
Korea (2%)
India (2%)
Germany (2%)
Vietnam (1%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1%)
United Kingdom (1%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Somervell County:

United States or American (24%)
English (14%)
German (12%)
Irish (9%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (2%)
Italian (1%)

Somervell County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,557 (83%)
Carpooled: 356 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
Bicycle: 6 (0%)
Walked: 43 (1%)
Other means: 56 (2%)
Worked at home: 72 (2%)

People in group quarters in Somervell County, Texas

81 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
55 people in nursing homes
15 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $50,350.

11.12% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,646 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.12%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.75% relocated from other counties in Texas ($36,570 average AGI)
2.37% relocated from other states ($8,076 average AGI)
Somervell County: 2.37%
Texas average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Tarrant County, TX	1.35% ($41,344 average AGI)
from Johnson County, TX	1.31% ($44,129)
from Hood County, TX	1.27% ($28,633)
from Erath County, TX	0.51% ($34,583)
from Bosque County, TX	0.46% ($25,636)
from Dallas County, TX	0.46% ($112,182)

9.78% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,285 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.78%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.98% relocated to other counties in Texas ($27,658 average AGI)
1.80% relocated to other states ($5,632 average AGI)
Somervell County: 1.80%
Texas average: 2.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Hood County, TX	1.37% ($27,344 average AGI)
to Tarrant County, TX	1.24% ($39,759)
to Johnson County, TX	1.07% ($30,920)
to Bosque County, TX	0.73% ($39,353)
to Erath County, TX	0.51% ($26,667)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Births per 1000 population in Somervell County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Somervell County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 0.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Somervell County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 946 (843 aged, 103 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 13.42
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 10331.41
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 214.680
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 86005.64

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1148.060
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 857.750

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 15.57
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 145.160

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 13.2

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,652

In family households: 5,914 (1,523 male householders, 291 female householders)
1,568 spouses, 2,164 children (1,875 natural, 87 adopted, 202 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 79 other relatives, 104 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 738 (297 male householders (239 living alone)), 326 female householders (294 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 157 (151 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 707 2-persons, 410 3-persons, 397 4-persons, 202 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 533 1-person, 70 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

87.6% of residents of Somervell County speak English at home.
11.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (11% speak English very well, 53% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $28,216,000 ($3786 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $809,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $15,041,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $7,361,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $41,000
Federal grants: $4,418,000
Federal procurement contracts: $241,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,114,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,761,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,685,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 477

Here:	63 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 398

Here:	53 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +59

Here:	+8 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +652

Here:	+86 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Somervell County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.45 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.4
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 129
1995 to 1998: 422
1990 to 1994: 331
1980 to 1989: 637
1970 to 1979: 439
1960 to 1969: 259
1950 to 1959: 151
1940 to 1949: 146
1939 or earlier: 236

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Somervell County, Texas:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 26 3 rooms: 116 4 rooms: 203 5 rooms: 636 6 rooms: 367 7 rooms: 238 8 rooms: 120 9+ rooms: 98

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somervell County, Texas:
	1 room: 13 2 rooms: 46 3 rooms: 113 4 rooms: 165 5 rooms: 173 6 rooms: 60 7 rooms: 35 8 rooms: 6 9+ rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Somervell County:
	no bedroom: 21 1 bedroom: 85 2 bedrooms: 483 3 bedrooms: 928 4 bedrooms: 266 5+ bedrooms: 38

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somervell County:
	no bedroom: 15 1 bedroom: 123 2 bedrooms: 286 3 bedrooms: 162 4 bedrooms: 29 5+ bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Somervell County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 36 1 vehicle: 456 2 vehicles: 843 3 vehicles: 374 4 vehicles: 84 5+ vehicles: 28

Cars and other vehicles available in Somervell County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 67 1 vehicle: 281 2 vehicles: 186 3 vehicles: 73 4 vehicles: 7 5+ vehicles: 3

52% of Somervell County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Texas.

Somervell County:	52.2%
State average:	51.6%

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

This state: 4937
Northeast: 134
Midwest: 430
South: 558
West: 340

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (50%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%) Utility gas (14%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (40%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%) Utility gas (28%) Wood (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36

Here:	4.1%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8

Here:	1.6%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34

Here:	14.3%
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) - 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)

Somervell 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)