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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $576 (1.2%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brown County is $388 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $657 a month.
Cities in this county include: Mount Sterling
, Versailles
, Ripley
.
Neighboring
counties: Adams County
, Cass County
, Morgan County
, Pike County
, Schuyler County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Brown County: Two
Rivers Camp
(A),
Perry Springs Station
(B),
Old Siloam Picnic Area
(C),
Jensen Woods Camp
(D),
Reich Landing
(E),
Buckhorn Townhall
(F),
Missouri Townhall
(G)
Churches in Brown County include: Mount
Pleasant Church
(A),
Zion Church
(B)
Cemeteries: Knight
Cemetery
(1),
Means Cemetery
(2),
Arnold Cemetery
(3),
Ausmus Cemetery
(4),
Gilbirds Cemetery
(5),
Kinman Burial Ground
(6),
Kinney Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Big
Lake
(A),
Kleinlein Farm Pond
(B),
Alsup Farm Pond
(C),
Dixon Pond
(D),
Hambaugh-Martin Number Two Reservoir
(E),
Hambaugh-Martin Number Five Reservoir
(F),
Hambaugh-Martin Number 3 Reservoir
(G),
Hambaugh-Martin Number 1 Reservoir
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Camp
Creek
(A),
Missouri Creek
(B),
Martin Branch
(C),
Moine River, La
(D),
North Fork Shelby Creek
(E),
Baehr Branch
(F),
Avery Branch
(G),
Wells Fork
(H),
South Branch
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 142
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 63.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 114 (9% naturalized citizens)
| Brown
County: |
1.6% | | Whole
state: | 12.3% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 37
- 1990
to 1994: 26
- 1985
to 1989: 12
- 1980
to 1984: 19
- 1975
to 1979: 10
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 8
- 1965
to 1969: 2
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Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 69.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 1,915
- One,
attached: 4
- Two:
46
- 3
or 4: 69
- 5
to 9: 46
- 10
to 19: 53
- 20
or more: 4
- Mobile
homes: 319
Housing units in Brown County with a mortgage: 537 (32 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 544 Agriculture
in Brown County
Average size of farms: 346 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $57356
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $240.89
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 25.52%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $42255
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 51.28%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $57675
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 86.33%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.32
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 4.00%
Corn for grain: 37710 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2074 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 29538 harvested acres
Vegetables: 35 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 25 acresBrown
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Illinois state average. It is 3.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 20 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/14/1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Public
administration (13%)
- Grocery
and related product merchant wholesalers (12%)
- Truck
transportation (8%)
- Construction
(7%)
- Food
(4%)
- Chemicals
(4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (14%)
- Grocery
and related product merchant wholesalers (12%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Religious,
grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (10%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (11%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Financial
clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(68%)
- Thailand
(8%)
- Yugoslavia
(5%)
- Canada
(5%)
- Germany
(4%)
- Colombia
(4%)
- Poland
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Brown County:
|
- German
(32%)
- United
States or American (22%)
- English
(16%)
- Irish
(13%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Polish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 2,014 (80%)
- Carpooled:
275 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
1 (0%)
- Walked:
69 (3%)
- Other
means: 28 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 114 (5%)
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1912
people in state prisons
60 people in nursing homes
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,985.
6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,060 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.04% | | Illinois
average: |
5.66% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.99% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($23,595 average AGI)
1.04% relocated from other states ($4,466 average AGI)
| Brown
County: |
1.04% | | Illinois
average: | 2.13% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Pike County, IL
|
0.99% ($28,053 average AGI) |
| from
Schuyler County, IL
|
0.78% ($21,200) |
| from
Adams County, IL
|
0.73% ($38,929) |
| from
Morgan County, IL
|
0.57% ($32,727) |
7.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,621 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.19% | | Illinois
average: |
5.99% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.14% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($23,579 average AGI)
2.06% relocated to other states ($10,043 average AGI)
| Brown
County: |
2.06% | | Illinois
average: | 2.58% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Adams County, IL
|
1.08% ($34,619 average AGI) |
| to
Pike County, IL
|
0.67% ($26,538) |
| to
Morgan County, IL
|
0.51% ($24,800) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.1
Births
per 1000 population in Brown County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.5
Deaths
per 1000 population in Brown County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 1.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Brown County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 959 (838 aged, 121 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 4,982
- In
family households: 4,170 (1,192 male householders, 193 female householders)
1,229
spouses, 1,409 children (1,211 natural, 82 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 17 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 812 (383 male householders (332 living alone)), 339 female householders (320 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,968 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 657 2-persons, 291 3-persons, 260 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 652 1-person, 59 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons.
922 married couples with children.
231 single-parent households (74 men, 157 women).
95.5% of residents of Brown County speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $32,466,000 ($4771 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,820,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $12,613,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $6,048,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,066,000
Federal grants: $6,136,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,660,000 ($1,115,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,943,000 ($336,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $124,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,978,000
Federal Government insurance: $14,303,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 343
| Here: |
50 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 303
| Here: |
44 per 1000 residents | | State: |
43 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +33
| Here: |
+5 per 1000 residents | | State: | +26
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -176
| Here: |
-26 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-31 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Brown County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.08 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: 56
- 1995
to 1998: 169
- 1990
to 1994: 98
- 1980
to 1989: 165
- 1970
to 1979: 301
- 1960
to 1969: 163
- 1950
to 1959: 176
- 1940
to 1949: 226
- 1939
or earlier: 1,102
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Brown County, Illinois: |
- 1
room: 7
- 2
rooms: 4
- 3
rooms: 11
- 4
rooms: 185
- 5
rooms: 399
- 6
rooms: 408
- 7
rooms: 243
- 8
rooms: 207
- 9
or more rooms: 97
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brown County, Illinois: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 33
- 3
rooms: 117
- 4
rooms: 130
- 5
rooms: 138
- 6
rooms: 55
- 7
rooms: 34
- 8
rooms: 17
- 9
or more rooms: 23
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brown County: |
- no
bedroom: 7
- 1
bedroom: 44
- 2
bedrooms: 492
- 3
bedrooms: 737
- 4
bedrooms: 250
- 5
or more bedrooms: 31
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brown County: |
- no
bedroom: 11
- 1
bedroom: 164
- 2
bedrooms: 181
- 3
bedrooms: 144
- 4
bedrooms: 39
- 5
or more bedrooms: 8
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Brown County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 50
- 1
vehicle: 438
- 2
vehicles: 622
- 3
vehicles: 292
- 4
vehicles: 130
- 5
or more vehicles: 29
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Brown County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 91
- 1
vehicle: 233
- 2
vehicles: 158
- 3
vehicles: 48
- 4
vehicles: 12
- 5
or more vehicles: 5
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55% of Brown County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
| Brown
County: |
54.6% | | State
average: | 58.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 5771
- Northeast:
69
- Midwest:
447
- South:
397
- West:
98
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 5%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (54%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity
(16%)
- Wood
(5%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (56%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity
(19%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
| Here: |
14.4% | | Illinois: |
13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: |
1.8% | | Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 9
| Here: |
9.0% | | Illinois: | 25.8% |
Brown
County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- All Other: $515,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $1,247,000
General - Other: $534,000
Health Services - Other: $453,000
Central Staff Services: $333,000
Financial Administration: $268,000
Police Protection: $258,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $239,000
Corrections - Other: $19,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $19,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $4,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $61,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $18,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $57,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $22,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $458,000
Interest Earnings: $109,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $34,000
Regular Highways: $18,000
General - Other: $5,000
Central Staff: $3,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,173,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $878,000
All Other: $512,000
General Support: $409,000
- Tax
- Property: $744,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $961,000
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