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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $429 (0.6%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Boone County is $387 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $465 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $596 a month.
Cities in this county include: Harrison
, Diamond City
, Bergman
, Bellefonte
, Alpena
, Lead Hill
, Everton
, Valley Springs
, Omaha
, South Lead Hill
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Neighboring
counties: Carroll County
, Marion County
, Newton County
, Searcy County
, Taney County, Missouri
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Boone County: Shawnee
Valley Boys Ranch
(A),
Silver Valley Community Hall
(B)
Churches in Boone County include: Bear
Creek Springs Baptist Church
(A),
Kingdom Hall
(B),
Lifegate Freewill Baptist Church
(C),
Krooked Kreek Church
(D),
Liberty Church
(E),
White Oak Church
(F),
White Church
(G),
Wesleyan Church
(H),
Burlington Baptist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Summers
Cemetery
(1),
Hampton Cemetery
(2),
Long Cemetery
(3),
Newton Cemetery
(4),
Loback Cemetery
(5),
Bethany Cemetery
(6),
Deshield Cemetery
(7)
Reservoir: Beaver
Lodge Lake
(A).
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Locust
Creek
(A),
Malden Creek
(B),
Marble Fork
(C),
Marshall Branch
(D),
Micks Branch
(E),
Huzzah Creek
(F),
Mill Branch
(G),
Plum Branch
(H),
East Sugarloaf Creek
(I)
Park in Boone County: Tucker
Hollow Recreation Area
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 988
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 327 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Boone
County: |
1.0% | | Whole
state: | 2.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 75
- 1990
to 1994: 49
- 1985
to 1989: 20
- 1980
to 1984: 22
- 1975
to 1979: 8
- 1970
to 1974: 14
- 1970
to 1974: 10
- 1965
to 1969: 129
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Mean travel time to work: 20.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 11,332
- One,
attached: 228
- Two:
358
- 3
or 4: 401
- 5
to 9: 545
- 10
to 19: 329
- 20
or more: 110
- Mobile
homes: 2,036
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 87
Housing units in Boone County with a mortgage: 3,858 (257 second mortgage, 193 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,733 Agriculture
in Boone County
Average size of farms: 218 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $60823
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $32.45
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 98.52%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $50240
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 12.78%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $34852
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.71%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 25.56
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.29%
Land in orchards: 134 acresBoone
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Arkansas state average. It is 1.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 66 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/24/1999, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 26 people.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(13%)
- Truck
transportation (7%)
- Metal
and metal products (7%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Health
care (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (13%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Truck
transportation (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social
assistance (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Canada
(17%)
- Germany
(11%)
- Argentina
(9%)
- Czechoslovakia
(includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Mexico
(8%)
- Korea
(6%)
- India
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Boone County:
|
- United
States or American (36%)
- German
(13%)
- English
(12%)
- Irish
(10%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Dutch
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 11,903 (80%)
- Carpooled:
1,962 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
6 (0%)
- Bicycle:
34 (0%)
- Walked:
298 (2%)
- Other
means: 90 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 592 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Boone County, Arkansas
- 322
people in nursing homes
- 85
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 85
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 65
people in religious group quarters
- 43
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 38
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 37
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,120.
8.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,587 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.22% | | Arkansas
average: |
7.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.33% relocated from other counties in Arkansas ($11,700 average AGI)
4.89% relocated from other states ($19,888 average AGI)
| Boone
County: |
4.89% | | Arkansas
average: |
3.66% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Newton County, AR
|
0.81% ($25,660 average AGI) |
| from
Taney County, MO
|
0.48% ($26,207) |
| from
Carroll County, AR
|
0.38% ($25,522) |
| from
Marion County, AR
|
0.36% ($23,419) |
| from
Washington County, AR
|
0.24% ($21,759) |
| from
Searcy County, AR
|
0.23% ($26,107) |
| from
Benton County, AR
|
0.21% ($41,040) |
7.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,385 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.00% | | Arkansas
average: | 7.29% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.65% relocated to other counties in Arkansas ($14,457 average AGI)
3.35% relocated to other states ($11,928 average AGI)
| Boone
County: |
3.35% | | Arkansas
average: |
3.00% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Washington County, AR
|
0.70% ($36,759 average AGI) |
| to
Newton County, AR
|
0.57% ($22,471) |
| to
Taney County, MO
|
0.53% ($18,714) |
| to
Carroll County, AR
|
0.50% ($21,831) |
| to
Greene County, MO
|
0.32% ($27,053) |
| to
Marion County, AR
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0.29% ($26,200) |
| to
Benton County, AR
|
0.27% ($37,750) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.1
Births
per 1000 population in Boone County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Boone County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.1
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Boone County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,557 (5,915 aged, 1,642 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 33,345
- In
family households: 29,003 (8,225 male householders, 1,750 female householders)
8,299
spouses, 9,191 children (8,320 natural, 237 adopted, 634 stepchildren), 569 grandchildren, 110 brothers or sisters, 173 parents, 307 other relatives, 379 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,342 (1,545 male householders (1,379 living alone)), 2,344 female householders (2,157 living alone)), 453 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 603 (422 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,961 2-persons, 2,239 3-persons, 1,806 4-persons, 695 5-persons, 205 6-persons, 69 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,536 1-person, 296 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 7 5-persons.
5,783 married couples with children.
1,637 single-parent households (379 men, 1,258 women).
96.9% of residents of Boone County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $268,732,000 ($7623 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,162,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $112,306,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $43,416,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,560,000
Federal grants: $97,014,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,631,000 ($1,076,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,805,000 ($67,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,865,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,519,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,900,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,227
| Here: |
62 per 1000 residents | | State: | 72
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,980
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: |
53 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +48
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +8
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,601
| Here: |
+45 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+13 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Boone County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.16 millions of gallons per day (26% from ground, 74% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 541
- 1995
to 1998: 1,723
- 1990
to 1994: 1,472
- 1980
to 1989: 2,470
- 1970
to 1979: 3,601
- 1960
to 1969: 2,068
- 1950
to 1959: 1,381
- 1940
to 1949: 843
- 1939
or earlier: 1,327
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Boone County, Arkansas: |
- 1
room: 35
- 2
rooms: 163
- 3
rooms: 354
- 4
rooms: 1,330
- 5
rooms: 2,915
- 6
rooms: 2,654
- 7
rooms: 1,368
- 8
rooms: 647
- 9
or more rooms: 692
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Boone County, Arkansas: |
- 1
room: 68
- 2
rooms: 233
- 3
rooms: 599
- 4
rooms: 1,248
- 5
rooms: 776
- 6
rooms: 404
- 7
rooms: 172
- 8
rooms: 117
- 9
or more rooms: 76
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boone County: |
- no
bedroom: 43
- 1
bedroom: 406
- 2
bedrooms: 2,541
- 3
bedrooms: 5,792
- 4
bedrooms: 1,160
- 5
or more bedrooms: 216
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Boone County: |
- no
bedroom: 82
- 1
bedroom: 743
- 2
bedrooms: 1,748
- 3
bedrooms: 850
- 4
bedrooms: 243
- 5
or more bedrooms: 27
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Boone County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 470
- 1
vehicle: 2,440
- 2
vehicles: 4,766
- 3
vehicles: 1,863
- 4
vehicles: 462
- 5
or more vehicles: 157
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Boone County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 454
- 1
vehicle: 1,837
- 2
vehicles: 1,139
- 3
vehicles: 206
- 4
vehicles: 28
- 5
or more vehicles: 29
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54% of Boone County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Arkansas.
| Boone
County: |
53.9% | | State
average: | 54.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 19133
- Northeast:
601
- Midwest:
6407
- South:
4492
- West:
2889
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $54,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (34%)
- Electricity
(29%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood
(13%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (43%)
- Electricity
(37%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood
(5%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 278
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 116
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 95
| Here: |
10.6% | | Arkansas: | 14.7% |
Boone
County government finances in 2002:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $95,000
- Charges
- All Other: $587,000
Solid Waste Management: $32,000
- Construction
- General: $574,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $2,041,000
Police Protection: $1,347,000
Central Staff Services: $570,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $568,000
Corrections - Other: $404,000
Libraries: $347,000
General Public Buildings: $337,000
Financial Administration: $302,000
Solid Waste Management: $127,000
Air Transportation: $90,000
Health Services - Other: $71,000
Parks & Recreation: $36,000
General - Other: $33,000
Fire Protection: $27,000
Welfare - Other: $20,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,327,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $1,680,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $683,000
Interest Earnings: $208,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Air Transportation: $2,185,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,898,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,174,000
General Support: $702,000
All Other: $180,000
- Tax
- Total General Sales: $2,151,000
Property: $1,105,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $639,000
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