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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $555 (1.2%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bourbon County is $383 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $718 a month.
Cities in this county include: Fort Scott
, Fort Riley North
, Bronson
, Uniontown
, Fulton
, Redfield
, Fort Riley-Camp Whiteside
, Mapleton
.
Neighboring
counties: Allen County
, Anderson County
, Crawford County
, Linn County
, Neosho County
, Vernon County, Missouri
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bourbon County: White
School
(A),
West Bethel Community Hall
(B),
South Fairview Community Hall
(C)
Churches in Bourbon County include: Cherry
Grove Church
(A),
Clarksburg Valley Chapel
(B),
Dry Ridge Church
(C),
Pleasant Valley Church
(D),
Bible Tabernacle
(E),
Paint Creek Church
(F),
Mount Orum Church
(G),
Centerville Church
(H)
Cemeteries: Avondale
Cemetery
(1),
Mayberry Cemetery
(2),
Pine Lawn Cemetery
(3),
Saint Mary Cemetery
(4),
Saint Marys Cemetery
(5),
Howard Cemetery
(6),
Barnesville Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Rock
Creek Lake
(A),
Elm Creek Lake
(B),
Bronson Reservoir
(C),
Bourbon County State Lake
(D),
Lake Fort Scott
(E)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Baker
Branch
(A),
South Fork Little Osage River
(B),
Wolfpen Creek
(C),
Wolverine Creek
(D),
Hickory Creek
(E),
Robinson Branch
(F),
Ross Branch
(G),
Limestone Creek
(H),
Elk Creek
(I)
Parks in Bourbon County include: Bourbon
County State Park
(1),
Bourbon State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Refuge
(2),
Hollister Wildlife Area
(3),
Bridal Veil Park
(4),
Elm Creek Lake County Park
(5)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 684
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%
Number of foreign born residents: 103 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Bourbon
County: |
0.7% | | Whole
state: | 5.0% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 22
- 1990
to 1994: 5
- 1985
to 1989: 2
- 1980
to 1984: 15
- 1975
to 1979: 19
- 1970
to 1974: 4
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 36
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Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,476
- One,
attached: 82
- Two:
184
- 3
or 4: 216
- 5
to 9: 174
- 10
to 19: 18
- 20
or more: 192
- Mobile
homes: 757
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 36
Housing units in Bourbon County with a mortgage: 1,597 (102 second mortgage, 74 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,524 Agriculture
in Bourbon County
Average size of farms: 405 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $35045
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $62.13
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: 76.05%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $38990
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 33.38%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $49148
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.44%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 17.61
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.50%
Corn for grain: 6323 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 10404 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 36924 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 12 acresBourbon
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Kansas state average. It is 1.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/19/2000, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 3 people and caused $2 million in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(11%)
- Metal
and metal products (8%)
- Printing
and related support activities (8%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Health
care (5%)
- Educational
services (5%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (15%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Finance
and insurance (12%)
- Social
assistance (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Printing
and related support activities (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (5%)
- Printing
workers (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Child
care workers (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Customer
service representatives (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(29%)
- Germany
(12%)
- United
Kingdom (10%)
- Colombia
(10%)
- Ukraine
(9%)
- India
(9%)
- Costa
Rica (9%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Bourbon County:
|
- German
(24%)
- United
States or American (19%)
- English
(14%)
- Irish
(11%)
- French
(except Basque) (4%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Italian
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,514 (75%)
- Carpooled:
1,320 (18%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle:
14 (0%)
- Walked:
123 (2%)
- Other
means: 30 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 302 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Bourbon County, Kansas
- 151
people in nursing homes
- 87
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 31
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 31
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 23
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 17
people in religious group quarters
- 9
people in other group homes
- 5
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $38,650.
6.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,481 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.11% | | Kansas
average: | 7.39% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.36% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($14,500 average AGI)
2.75% relocated from other states ($13,981 average AGI)
| Bourbon
County: |
2.75% | | Kansas
average: | 3.56% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Crawford County, KS
|
1.14% ($20,800 average AGI) |
| from
Linn County, KS
|
0.46% ($27,875) |
| from
Vernon County, MO
|
0.32% ($25,706) |
| from
Allen County, KS
|
0.25% ($23,538) |
| from
Johnson County, KS
|
0.21% ($43,091) |
6.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,826 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.82% | | Kansas
average: | 7.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.33% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($11,934 average AGI)
3.48% relocated to other states ($15,892 average AGI)
| Bourbon
County: |
3.48% | | Kansas
average: | 3.95% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Crawford County, KS
|
0.98% ($22,192 average AGI) |
| to
Johnson County, KS
|
0.53% ($28,857) |
| to
Vernon County, MO
|
0.41% ($36,318) |
| to
Linn County, KS
|
0.26% ($30,000) |
| to
Allen County, KS
|
0.19% ($17,000) |
| to
Sedgwick County, KS
|
0.19% ($34,100) |
| to
Jackson County, MO
|
0.19% ($30,600) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.6
Births
per 1000 population in Bourbon County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.3
Deaths
per 1000 population in Bourbon County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Bourbon County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,023 (2,592 aged, 431 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 15,058
- In
family households: 12,793 (3,398 male householders, 738 female householders)
3,454
spouses, 4,580 children (4,185 natural, 84 adopted, 311 stepchildren), 232 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 49 parents, 104 other relatives, 206 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,265 (788 male householders (642 living alone)), 1,212 female householders (1,137 living alone)), 265 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 321 (226 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,949 2-persons, 860 3-persons, 731 4-persons, 362 5-persons, 178 6-persons, 56 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,779 1-person, 178 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 14 4-persons.
2,776 married couples with children.
842 single-parent households (216 men, 626 women).
97.3% of residents of Bourbon County speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $100,348,000 ($6661 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,666,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $42,043,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,674,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,589,000
Federal grants: $19,783,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,833,000 ($583,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,425,000 ($289,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $539,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,333,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,339,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,095
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,022
| Here: |
68 per 1000 residents | | State: |
47 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +18
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +14
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -456
| Here: |
-30 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-21 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Bourbon County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.15 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
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: 136
- 1995
to 1998: 321
- 1990
to 1994: 359
- 1980
to 1989: 576
- 1970
to 1979: 1,131
- 1960
to 1969: 653
- 1950
to 1959: 561
- 1940
to 1949: 610
- 1939
or earlier: 2,788
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Bourbon County, Kansas: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 68
- 3
rooms: 96
- 4
rooms: 529
- 5
rooms: 1,172
- 6
rooms: 1,116
- 7
rooms: 753
- 8
rooms: 400
- 9
or more rooms: 429
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bourbon County, Kansas: |
- 1
room: 27
- 2
rooms: 121
- 3
rooms: 255
- 4
rooms: 401
- 5
rooms: 406
- 6
rooms: 234
- 7
rooms: 65
- 8
rooms: 23
- 9
or more rooms: 66
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bourbon County: |
- no
bedroom: 21
- 1
bedroom: 194
- 2
bedrooms: 1,331
- 3
bedrooms: 2,220
- 4
bedrooms: 634
- 5
or more bedrooms: 163
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bourbon County: |
- no
bedroom: 38
- 1
bedroom: 432
- 2
bedrooms: 690
- 3
bedrooms: 371
- 4
bedrooms: 41
- 5
or more bedrooms: 26
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bourbon County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 179
- 1
vehicle: 1,161
- 2
vehicles: 1,838
- 3
vehicles: 900
- 4
vehicles: 330
- 5
or more vehicles: 155
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bourbon County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 229
- 1
vehicle: 816
- 2
vehicles: 425
- 3
vehicles: 115
- 4
vehicles: 6
- 5
or more vehicles: 7
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57% of Bourbon County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Kansas.
| Bourbon
County: |
57.2% | | State
average: |
53.5% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 10564
- Northeast:
277
- Midwest:
2582
- South:
995
- West:
797
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (58%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Wood
(5%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (70%)
- Electricity
(19%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 244
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 29
Bourbon
County government finances in 2002:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
- Charges
- Solid Waste Management: $93,000
All Other: $83,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $1,498,000
General - Other: $802,000
Corrections - Other: $488,000
Police Protection: $339,000
General Public Buildings: $336,000
Parks & Recreation: $289,000
Financial Administration: $284,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $276,000
Health Services - Other: $214,000
Natural Resources - Other: $158,000
Central Staff Services: $140,000
Fire Protection: $89,000
Solid Waste Management: $82,000
Welfare - Other: $55,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $194,000
Higher Education: $3,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $276,000
Interest Earnings: $129,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $362,000
Fire Protection: $66,000
General - Other: $35,000
General Public Building: $29,000
Judicial: $13,000
Police Protection: $6,000
Central Staff: $2,000
Corrections - Other: $1,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,119,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $587,000
General Support: $91,000
All Other: $61,000
Health & Hospitals: $10,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,149,000
Total General Sales: $439,000
NEC: $103,000
Public Utilities: $40,000
Motor Vehicle License: $20,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $1,896,000
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