Butler County, Kansas (KS)

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• • 58,68186.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,9975.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,9002.8%Two or more races
  • 1,6292.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,3081.9%Asian alone
  • 5740.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1510.2%Some other race alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 45
• Burglaries: 39
• Thefts: 146
• Auto thefts: 33

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 37
• Burglaries: 105
• Thefts: 201
• Auto thefts: 23

Health of residents in Butler County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Butler County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,816 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,790 (1.7%)

Area name: Wichita, KS HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Butler County is $457 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $600 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $767 a month.

Cities in this county include: El Dorado, Augusta, Andover, Rose Hill, Douglass, Towanda, Benton, Whitewater, Leon, Potwin.

Neighboring counties: Washington County, Utah , Las Animas County, Colorado , San Francisco County, California , Perry County, Indiana , Martin County, Kentucky , Menifee County, Kentucky , Harrisonburg city, Virginia .

Current college students: 3,044
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,053 (41.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,1882010 or later
• 5902000 to 2009
• 3621990 to 1999
• 1061980 to 1989
• 1781970 to 1979
• 159Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 22,213
• One, attached: 559
• Two: 422
• 3 or 4: 1,163
• 5 to 9: 156
• 10 to 19: 124
• 20 to 49: 158
• 50 or more: 378
• Mobile homes: 2,174
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 55

Housing units in Butler County with a mortgage: 12,526 (1,066 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 1,014 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 413

Religion statistics for Butler County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Butler County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4504, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 28, 2019, FEMA Id: 4449, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2015 to June 21, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4230: July 20, 2015, FEMA Id: 4230, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 22, 2013 to August 16, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4150: October 22, 2013, FEMA Id: 4150, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 07, 2010 to July 21, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1932: August 10, 2010, FEMA Id: 1932, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kansas Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 22, 2009 to January 08, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1885: March 09, 2010, FEMA Id: 1885, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 25, 2009 to May 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1849: June 25, 2009, FEMA Id: 1849, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow, Incident Period: March 26, 2009 to March 29, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1848: June 24, 2009, FEMA Id: 1848, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: September 11, 2008 to September 17, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1808: October 31, 2008, FEMA Id: 1808, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.13% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($63,010 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.89% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($43,805 average AGI)
2.25% relocated from other states ($19,204 average AGI)

Butler County:	2.25%
Kansas average:	3.37%

from Sedgwick County, KS	4.11% ($64,692 average AGI)
from Harvey County, KS	0.19% ($52,435)
from Shawnee County, KS	0.14% ($16,778)
from Cowley County, KS	0.14% ($44,972)
from Sumner County, KS	0.12% ($79,793)
from Greenwood County, KS	0.10% ($47,385)

7.52% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($65,570 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.50% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($47,888 average AGI)
2.02% relocated to other states ($17,681 average AGI)

Butler County:	2.02%
Kansas average:	3.62%

to Sedgwick County, KS	3.94% ($72,406 average AGI)
to Cowley County, KS	0.19% ($40,085)
to Johnson County, KS	0.12% ($120,667)
to Harvey County, KS	0.11% ($60,556)
to Marion County, KS	0.09% ($44,864)
to Sumner County, KS	0.09% ($56,048)
to Shawnee County, KS	0.09% ($38,762)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Butler County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,377 (2,949 living alone), Female householders: 12,824 (3,033 living alone)

• 14,933 spouses (14,906 opposite-sex spouses), 1,198 unmarried partners, (1,083 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 19,583 children (17,791 natural, 592 adopted, 1,200 stepchildren), 1,845 grandchildren, 570 brothers or sisters, 783 parents, 62 foster children, 661 other relatives, 626 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,778

Size of family households: 7,827 2-persons, 3,452 3-persons, 3,731 4-persons, 1,717 5-persons, 821 6-persons, 702 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,982 1-person, 909 2-persons, 60 3-persons.

11,249 married couples with children.
3,528 single-parent households (1,004 men, 2,524 women).

94.6% of residents of Butler speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $237,153,000 ($3,836 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,062,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $132,481,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $55,210,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,677,000
Federal grants: $30,504,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,954,000 ($2,462,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,326,000 ($1,270,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,467,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $29,262,000
Federal Government insurance: $56,875,000

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

Here:	+28 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.21 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Butler County, Kansas
• 3452020 or later
• 1,8422010 to 2019
• 4,3092000 to 2009
• 5,1451990 to 1999
• 3,3611980 to 1989
• 3,2451970 to 1979
• 1,4651960 to 1969
• 3,3061950 to 1959
• 1,0271940 to 1949
• 3,3571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Butler County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Butler County, Kansas
• 941 room
• 832 rooms
• 1173 rooms
• 8074 rooms
• 3,7395 rooms
• 3,1766 rooms
• 3,7817 rooms
• 2,5548 rooms
• 5,7279+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Butler County, Kansas
• 1401 room
• 2532 rooms
• 7073 rooms
• 1,3644 rooms
• 6735 rooms
• 7576 rooms
• 4847 rooms
• 3548 rooms
• 3919+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Butler County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Butler County, Kansas
• 94no bedroom
• 3641 bedroom
• 2,8502 bedrooms
• 8,3853 bedrooms
• 4,8244 bedrooms
• 3,5615+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Butler County, Kansas
• 140no bedroom
• 9941 bedroom
• 1,7542 bedrooms
• 1,5603 bedrooms
• 6024 bedrooms
• 735+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Butler County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 105no vehicle
• 3,1751 vehicle
• 7,6352 vehicles
• 4,5243 vehicles
• 2,7004 vehicles
• 1,9395+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Butler County in renter-occupied apartments
• 588no vehicle
• 1,9791 vehicle
• 1,6642 vehicles
• 8043 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 885+ vehicles

91.2% of Butler County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Kansas.

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

• This state: 45,537
• Other state: 18,628
• Northeast: 1,728
• Midwest: 6,276
• South: 6,118
• West: 4,506

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 621
• Number of aged recipients: 35
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 586
• Number of recipients under 18: 132
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 413
• Number of recipients older than 64: 76
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 207
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 273

Butler County on our top lists:

• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"