Wichita County, Kansas (KS)

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County population in July 2007: 2,200 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 718
Renter-occupied apartments: 249

% of renters here:	26%
State:	31%

Land area: 719 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 3 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Wichita County: 75.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (34.5%), Educational,health and social services (18.6%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 64%
Government: 16%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 18%
Unpaid family work: 3%

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

Races in Wichita County, Kansas:

White Non-Hispanic (80.0%)
Hispanic (18.4%)
Other race (10.5%)
Two or more races (2.4%)
American Indian (1.3%)

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

Median resident age:	36.7 years
Kansas median age:	35.2 years

Males: 1,293	(51.1%)
Females: 1,238	(48.9%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,253
County population in 2003: 2,445
Jobs in 2003: 1,029

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Total labor force in 2004: 1,381
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.6%

Average household size:

Wichita County:	2.6 people
Kansas:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,085 ($33,462 in 1999)

This county:	$39,085
Kansas:	$47,451

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $335 (lower quartile is $233, upper quartile is $419)

This county:	$335
State:	$479

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $81,850 (it was $52,900 in 2000)

Wichita County:	$81,850
Kansas:	$121,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $50,543 - $149,183

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $106,760
Here: $106,760
State: $157,252

Mobile homes: $17,594
Here: $17,594
State: $34,057

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000
Here: $5,000
State: $58,726

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,395
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $300

Institutionalized population: 25

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 5
Burglaries: 7
Thefts: 29
Auto thefts: 3

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 9
Burglaries: 15
Thefts: 19
Auto thefts: 5

Wichita County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Wichita County Kansas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 81.8%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 17.2%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $847 (1.6%)

Wichita County household income distribution in 2007

Wichita County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	14.8%
Whole state:	9.9%

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

This county:	7.6%
Whole state:	4.1%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wichita County is $433 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $527 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $641 a month.

Cities in this county include: Leoti.

Neighboring counties: Greeley County , Hamilton County , Kearny County , Logan County , Scott County , Wallace County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Hess (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Wichita County include: West Bethany Church (A), Saint Theresa Church (B), Pleasant Valley Church (C), Parks Church (D), Lydia Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Saint Marys Cemetery (1), Beulah Cemetery (2), Carwood Cemetery (3), Coronado Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	3.7%
Kansas:	6.9%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 37
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 203 (26% naturalized citizens)

Wichita County:	8.0%
Whole state:	5.0%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 50 1990 to 1994: 43 1985 to 1989: 43 1980 to 1984: 24 1975 to 1979: 19 1970 to 1974: 7 1970 to 1974: 2 1965 to 1969: 15

Mean travel time to work: 13.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.5%

Wichita County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 895
One, attached: 14
Two: 4
3 or 4: 44
5 to 9: 7
Mobile homes: 152
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Housing units in Wichita County with a mortgage: 262 (13 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 250

Here:	51.2% with mortgage
State:	65.7% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 1,862
Total congregations: 11

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other
Adherents	654 (35.1%)	453 (24.3%)	228 (12.2%)	143 (7.7%)	384 (20.6%)
Congregations	2 (18.2%)	2 (18.2%)	1 (9.1%)	1 (9.1%)	5 (45.5%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Wichita County - Leoti

Agriculture in Wichita County
Average size of farms: 1444 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $964600
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $974138
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 35.68%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $179406
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 76.07%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 27.42
Corn for grain: 23992 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 95879 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 1383 harvested acres
Vegetables: 5 harvested acres

Wichita County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Kansas state average. It is 1.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/12/1956, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Wichita County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Kansas state average. It is 100% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/15/1992 at 02:56:40, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 99.7 miles away from Wichita County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (49%)
Construction (9%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Food (4%)
Educational services (3%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (23%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
Health care (11%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (24%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (19%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

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

Mexico (93%)
Germany (2%)
Korea (1%)
Canada (1%)
Other Northern Europe (1%)
El Salvador (1%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Wichita County (%):

German (41%)
United States or American (11%)
English (6%)
Irish (5%)
Russian (2%)
Swedish (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Wichita County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 866 (76%)
Carpooled: 117 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
Walked: 37 (3%)
Other means: 12 (1%)
Worked at home: 94 (8%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

25 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,133.

6.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,327 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.08%
Kansas average:	7.39%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.09% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($22,115 average AGI)
1.99% relocated from other states ($10,212 average AGI)
Wichita County: 1.99%
Kansas average: 3.56%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

8.23% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,792 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.23%
Kansas average:	7.67%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.57% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($22,806 average AGI)
3.66% relocated to other states ($13,986 average AGI)
Wichita County: 3.66%
Kansas average: 3.95%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Births per 1000 population in Wichita County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9

Deaths per 1000 population in Wichita County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Wichita County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 415 (397 aged, 18 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 42.37
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 8135.590
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 1483.050
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 37161.02

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1905.590
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1082.720
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 43.31

Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 43.31

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,506

In family households: 2,262 (658 male householders, 86 female householders)
624 spouses, 801 children (753 natural, 11 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 31 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 244 (127 male householders (117 living alone)), 105 female householders (105 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 25 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 354 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 134 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 222 1-person, 6 2-persons, 4 3-persons.

83.7% of residents of Wichita County speak English at home.
14.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $79,203,000 ($33561 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $47,626,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $5,409,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $2,688,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,035,000
Federal grants: $4,639,000
Federal procurement contracts: $50,641,000 ($47,607,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $790,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $300,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,291,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,724,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 171

Here:	74 per 1000 residents
State:	75 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 122

Here:	53 per 1000 residents
State:	47 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +20

Here:	+9 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -281

Here:	-122 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Wichita County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.43 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.2
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 9
1995 to 1998: 17
1990 to 1994: 29
1980 to 1989: 79
1970 to 1979: 253
1960 to 1969: 173
1950 to 1959: 176
1940 to 1949: 157
1939 or earlier: 226

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wichita County, Kansas:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 31 4 rooms: 78 5 rooms: 143 6 rooms: 158 7 rooms: 130 8 rooms: 88 9+ rooms: 77

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wichita County, Kansas:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 33 4 rooms: 47 5 rooms: 44 6 rooms: 54 7 rooms: 28 8 rooms: 13 9+ rooms: 17

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wichita County:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 30 2 bedrooms: 158 3 bedrooms: 344 4 bedrooms: 120 5+ bedrooms: 58

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wichita County:
	no bedroom: 9 1 bedroom: 36 2 bedrooms: 63 3 bedrooms: 87 4 bedrooms: 43 5+ bedrooms: 11

Cars and other vehicles available in Wichita County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 12 1 vehicle: 177 2 vehicles: 301 3 vehicles: 130 4 vehicles: 62 5+ vehicles: 36

Cars and other vehicles available in Wichita County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 18 1 vehicle: 98 2 vehicles: 93 3 vehicles: 35 4 vehicles: 2 5+ vehicles: 3

62% of Wichita County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Kansas.

Wichita County:	61.7%
State average:	53.5%

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

This state: 1762
Northeast: 9
Midwest: 129
South: 180
West: 236

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,500

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 (80.1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11.6%) Electricity (7.0%) Wood (1.4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (69.1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16.1%) Electricity (14.9%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24

Here:	7.3%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5

Here:	15.2%
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.)

Wichita County government finances in 2002:

Charges - Air Transportation: $1,000
Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $328,000
Charges - Hospital Public: $2,889,000
All Other: $42,000

Sewerage: $36,000

Regular Highways: $36,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $17,000
General: $7,000
Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $2,889,000
Regular Highways: $832,000

Police Protection: $394,000

Health Services - Other: $373,000

General - Other: $200,000

Central Staff Services: $188,000

Parks & Recreation: $185,000

Financial Administration: $169,000

General Public Buildings: $138,000

Natural Resources - Other: $77,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $63,000

Fire Protection: $54,000

Sewerage: $45,000

Air Transportation: $36,000
General - Interest on Debt: $29,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $70,000
Higher Education: $15,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $87,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $491,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $450,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $41,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $101,000
General Revenue, NEC: $11,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $91,000
General - Other: $61,000

Police Protection: $34,000

General Public Building: $14,000

Judicial: $3,000

Central Staff: $3,000

Natural Resource - Other: $3,000

Financial Administration: $1,000

Fire Protection: $1,000

Sewerage: $1,000

Health - Other: $0
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $789,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $222,000
General Support: $82,000

Health & Hospitals: $18,000
Tax - Property: $2,514,000
Total General Sales: $360,000

NEC: $78,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,634,000

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)

Wichita County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

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)

Fatalities (per 100,000 population)

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