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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $370 (0.6%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bent County is $424 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $516 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $676 a month.
Cities in this county include: Las Animas
, McClave
.
Neighboring
counties: Baca County
, Kiowa County
, Las Animas County
, Otero County
, Prowers County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bent County: Porterfield
Windmill
(A),
Prairie View School
(B),
Selders Ranch
(C),
East Canyon Windmill
(D),
Spady Cow Camp
(E),
Cordes-Oberlander Ranch
(F),
East Parsons Windmill
(G),
East Pasture Windmill
(H),
Tree Top Ranch
(I),
Barnhart Windmill
(J),
Good Intent School
(K),
Hackamore Ranch
(L),
J J Windmill
(M),
Las Animas Country Club
(N),
McAfee Windmill
(O),
McIntosh Ranch
(P),
Bishop Ranch
(Q),
Floating W Ranch
(R),
North Mesa Canyon Windmill
(S),
North Mesa Windmill
(T)
Church in Bent County: Riverview
Church
(A).
Cemeteries: Fort
Lyon National Cemetery
(1),
Hight Cemetery
(2),
The Home Cemetery
(3),
Union Valley Cemetery
(4),
Little Kansas Cemetery
(5),
Pruett Cemetery
(6),
Bethel Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Long
Lake
(A),
Denny Lake
(B),
Heinan Lake
(C),
Adobe Creek Reservoir
(D),
Las Animas Fish Hatchery Reservoir
(E),
Jims Pond
(F),
Blue Lake Reservoir
(G),
West Parsons Reservoir
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Adobe
Creek
(A),
Alkali Arroyo
(B),
Caddoa Creek
(C),
Cottonwood Creek
(D),
Dry Creek
(E),
Gageby Creek
(F),
McRae Arroyo
(G),
Lew Smith Creek
(H),
Mud Creek
(I)
Parks in Bent County include: Las
Animas State Fish Hatchery
(1),
Nelson Park
(2),
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
(3),
Bents New Fort Marker
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 232
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 266 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Bent
County: |
4.4% | | Whole
state: | 8.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 32
- 1990
to 1994: 78
- 1985
to 1989: 30
- 1980
to 1984: 19
- 1975
to 1979: 28
- 1970
to 1974: 13
- 1970
to 1974: 16
- 1965
to 1969: 50
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Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 70.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 1,767
- One,
attached: 40
- Two:
66
- 3
or 4: 84
- 5
to 9: 30
- 10
to 19: 13
- 20
or more: 5
- Mobile
homes: 346
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Housing units in Bent County with a mortgage: 472 (39 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 409 Agriculture
in Bent County
Average size of farms: 2777 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $310007
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 94.21%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $298613
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $104159
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 81.89%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.40
Corn for grain: 1340 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2809 harvested acresBent
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Colorado state average. It is 1.2 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 8 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/11/1997, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 6 people and caused $200,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Health
care (11%)
- Construction
(9%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Educational
services (3%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (22%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Public
administration (11%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Social
assistance (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (16%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other
teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(73%)
- Thailand
(6%)
- Germany
(6%)
- Canada
(5%)
- Philippines
(3%)
- Other
Northern Europe (3%)
- Netherlands
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Bent County:
|
- German
(20%)
- United
States or American (12%)
- English
(9%)
- Irish
(6%)
- Italian
(2%)
- Dutch
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 1,634 (76%)
- Carpooled:
256 (12%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle:
3 (0%)
- Walked:
115 (5%)
- Other
means: 12 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 133 (6%)
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People
in group quarters in Bent County, Colorado
- 681
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 218
people in nursing homes
- 12
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $31,306.
6.97% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($23,689 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.97% | | Colorado
average: | 10.77% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.74% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($15,913 average AGI)
2.23% relocated from other states ($7,777 average AGI)
| Bent
County: |
2.23% | | Colorado
average: | 4.67% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Prowers County, CO
|
1.22% ($27,333 average AGI) |
| from
Otero County, CO
|
0.68% ($26,100) |
8.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,705 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.76% | | Colorado
average: | 10.03% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.84% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($17,348 average AGI)
2.92% relocated to other states ($10,356 average AGI)
| Bent
County: |
2.92% | | Colorado
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Otero County, CO
|
1.20% ($18,667 average AGI) |
| to
Prowers County, CO
|
0.93% ($29,714) |
| to
Pueblo County, CO
|
0.73% ($28,182) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0
Births
per 1000 population in Bent County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Bent County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 14.5
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Bent County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 893 (726 aged, 167 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 25%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 5,057
- In
family households: 4,368 (1,095 male householders, 298 female householders)
1,099
spouses, 1,515 children (1,398 natural, 46 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 181 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 56 other relatives, 79 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 689 (312 male householders (279 living alone)), 296 female householders (269 living alone)), 81 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 941 (928 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 630 2-persons, 303 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 548 1-person, 47 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 3 4-persons.
910 married couples with children.
368 single-parent households (77 men, 291 women).
83.2% of residents of Bent County speak English at home.
15.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (49% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 20% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $45,127,000 ($8044 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,139,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $20,075,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $6,178,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,043,000
Federal grants: $11,452,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,346,000 ($1,064,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,034,000 ($293,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,134,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,172,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,681,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 328
| Here: |
59 per 1000 residents | | State: | 76
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 346
| Here: |
62 per 1000 residents | | State: |
32 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +23
| Here: |
+4 per 1000 residents | | State: | +24
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -430
| Here: |
-77 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+10 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Bent County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.56 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 26
- 1995
to 1998: 136
- 1990
to 1994: 70
- 1980
to 1989: 180
- 1970
to 1979: 269
- 1960
to 1969: 196
- 1950
to 1959: 285
- 1940
to 1949: 356
- 1939
or earlier: 848
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Bent County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 11
- 2
rooms: 34
- 3
rooms: 69
- 4
rooms: 154
- 5
rooms: 252
- 6
rooms: 349
- 7
rooms: 213
- 8
rooms: 137
- 9
or more rooms: 138
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bent County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 5
- 2
rooms: 30
- 3
rooms: 92
- 4
rooms: 159
- 5
rooms: 133
- 6
rooms: 145
- 7
rooms: 32
- 8
rooms: 30
- 9
or more rooms: 20
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bent County: |
- no
bedroom: 20
- 1
bedroom: 70
- 2
bedrooms: 395
- 3
bedrooms: 533
- 4
bedrooms: 264
- 5
or more bedrooms: 75
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bent County: |
- no
bedroom: 11
- 1
bedroom: 88
- 2
bedrooms: 248
- 3
bedrooms: 237
- 4
bedrooms: 62
- 5
or more bedrooms: 0
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bent County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 45
- 1
vehicle: 374
- 2
vehicles: 508
- 3
vehicles: 243
- 4
vehicles: 99
- 5
or more vehicles: 88
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bent County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 79
- 1
vehicle: 282
- 2
vehicles: 225
- 3
vehicles: 25
- 4
vehicles: 29
- 5
or more vehicles: 6
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50% of Bent County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Colorado.
| Bent
County: |
50.0% | | State
average: |
45.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 3417
- Northeast:
180
- Midwest:
806
- South:
510
- West:
806
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000 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 (68%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood
(3%)
- Electricity
(2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (66%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity
(12%)
- Wood
(1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 16
| Here: |
7.4% | | Colorado: | 16.7% |
Bent
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $16,961,000
Solid Waste Management: $67,000
- Construction
- General: $250,000
Regular Highways: $135,000
- Current
Operations - Corrections - Other: $12,518,000
Welfare - Other: $4,420,000
Regular Highways: $1,113,000
Police Protection: $848,000
General - Other: $394,000
Central Staff Services: $352,000
Financial Administration: $339,000
Natural Resources - Other: $167,000
General Public Buildings: $160,000
Solid Waste Management: $141,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $122,000
Parks & Recreation: $106,000
Health Services - Other: $93,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $176,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,085,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $3,720,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $365,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $300,000
Interest Earnings: $156,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $63,000
General - Other: $26,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,680,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,030,000
Highways: $974,000
All Other: $160,000
- Tax
- Property: $1,799,000
Total General Sales: $182,000
NEC: $12,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $2,286,000
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