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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $309 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cheyenne 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: Cheyenne Wells
, Kit Carson
, Cheyenne Mountain
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Neighboring
counties: Kiowa County
, Kit Carson County
, Greeley County, Kansas
, Lincoln County
, Wallace County, Kansas
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cheyenne County: Drift
Fence Windmill
(A),
Alpine Ranch
(B),
Branding Corral Windmill
(C),
Sanders Ranch
(D),
School Section Windmill
(E),
Brown Mill Ranch
(F),
Sorrento
(G),
South Windmill
(H),
Town Windmill
(I),
Twin Windmill
(J),
Windrift Ranch
(K),
J O D Ranch
(L),
Larson Ranch
(M),
Bledsoe Ranch
(N)
Shopping Center: Heritage
Green Plaza Shopping Center
(1).
Cemeteries: Wild
Horse Cemetery
(1),
Fairview Cemetery
(2),
Aroya Cemetery
(3),
Arapahoe Cemetery
(4),
Kit Carson Cemetery
(5)
Lakes and reservoirs: Arsenic
Lake
(A),
Skank Lake
(B),
Logie Lake
(C),
Lewis Lake
(D),
State Stock Reservoir Number 7
(E)
Rivers and creeks: Willow
Creek
(A),
Ladder Creek
(B),
Bellyache Creek
(C),
Big Spring Creek
(D),
Big Timber Creek
(E),
Eureka Creek
(F),
Goose Creek
(G),
Pass Creek
(H),
Smoky Hill River
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 51
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 91 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Cheyenne
County: |
4.1% | | Whole
state: | 8.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 47
- 1990
to 1994: 12
- 1985
to 1989: 11
- 1980
to 1984: 17
- 1975
to 1979: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 0
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Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.2%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 830
- One,
attached: 12
- Two:
25
- 3
or 4: 12
- 20
or more: 7
- Mobile
homes: 219
Housing units in Cheyenne County with a mortgage: 161 (17 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 214 Agriculture
in Cheyenne County
Average size of farms: 2617 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $81930
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: 49.45%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $100498
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $146154
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.81%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.85
Corn for grain: 17338 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 70712 harvested acresCheyenne
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Colorado state average. It is 1.4 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/20/1958, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Mining
(11%)
- Construction
(11%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Machinery,
equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Religious,
grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Utilities
(3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (16%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Finance
and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- U.
S. Postal service (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Farmers
and farm managers (21%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material
moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Supervisors,
construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(76%)
- Russia
(10%)
- Brazil
(3%)
- Sweden
(2%)
- Germany
(2%)
- Korea
(2%)
- Philippines
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Cheyenne County:
|
- German
(34%)
- United
States or American (18%)
- English
(9%)
- Irish
(8%)
- Norwegian
(3%)
- Swedish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 721 (69%)
- Carpooled:
118 (11%)
- Bicycle:
2 (0%)
- Walked:
65 (6%)
- Other
means: 6 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 129 (12%)
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29
people in nursing homes
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,361.
6.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($23,302 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.28% | | Colorado
average: | 10.77% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.50% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($14,814 average AGI)
2.77% relocated from other states ($8,512 average AGI)
| Cheyenne
County: |
2.77% | | Colorado
average: | 4.67% |
8.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,754 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.68% | | Colorado
average: | 10.03% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.27% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($18,131 average AGI)
4.41% relocated to other states ($17,623 average AGI)
| Cheyenne
County: |
4.41% | | Colorado
average: |
3.96% |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.0
Births
per 1000 population in Cheyenne County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Cheyenne County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Cheyenne County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 347 (321 aged, 26 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 2,202
- In
family households: 1,915 (537 male householders, 71 female householders)
529
spouses, 730 children (651 natural, 42 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 6 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 287 (148 male householders (134 living alone)), 122 female householders (121 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 29 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 15 2-persons.
548 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (30 men, 42 women).
92.4% of residents of Cheyenne County speak English at home.
6.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $77,032,000 ($37947 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $32,338,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $4,385,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $4,260,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $26,955,000
Federal grants: $8,232,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,479,000 ($8,297,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $24,720,000 ($23,905,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $172,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $797,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,597,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 107
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 76
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 141
| Here: |
72 per 1000 residents | | State: |
32 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +23
| Here: |
+12 per 1000 residents | | State: | +24
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -262
| Here: |
-134 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+10 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Cheyenne County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.23 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:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 7
- 1995
to 1998: 65
- 1990
to 1994: 63
- 1980
to 1989: 134
- 1970
to 1979: 179
- 1960
to 1969: 123
- 1950
to 1959: 112
- 1940
to 1949: 146
- 1939
or earlier: 276
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Cheyenne County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 2
- 3
rooms: 30
- 4
rooms: 69
- 5
rooms: 117
- 6
rooms: 110
- 7
rooms: 94
- 8
rooms: 67
- 9
or more rooms: 171
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cheyenne County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 5
- 3
rooms: 23
- 4
rooms: 43
- 5
rooms: 58
- 6
rooms: 39
- 7
rooms: 22
- 8
rooms: 10
- 9
or more rooms: 18
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cheyenne County: |
- no
bedroom: 2
- 1
bedroom: 19
- 2
bedrooms: 137
- 3
bedrooms: 270
- 4
bedrooms: 143
- 5
or more bedrooms: 89
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cheyenne County: |
- no
bedroom: 5
- 1
bedroom: 20
- 2
bedrooms: 81
- 3
bedrooms: 74
- 4
bedrooms: 30
- 5
or more bedrooms: 10
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cheyenne County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 18
- 1
vehicle: 133
- 2
vehicles: 264
- 3
vehicles: 151
- 4
vehicles: 67
- 5
or more vehicles: 27
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cheyenne County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 26
- 1
vehicle: 90
- 2
vehicles: 63
- 3
vehicles: 26
- 4
vehicles: 9
- 5
or more vehicles: 6
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63% of Cheyenne County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Colorado.
| Cheyenne
County: |
63.1% | | State
average: |
45.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 1373
- Northeast:
14
- Midwest:
518
- South:
141
- West:
89
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (59%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity
(8%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (50%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity
(15%)
- Other
fuel (3%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 5
| Here: |
13.9% | | Colorado: | 16.7% |
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