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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $741 (1.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cowley County is $406 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.
Cities in this county include: Winfield
, Arkansas City
, Udall
, Burden
, Dexter
, Atlanta
, Cambridge
.
Neighboring
counties: Butler County
, Chautauqua County
, Elk County
, Kay County, Oklahoma
, Osage County, Oklahoma
, Sedgwick County
, Sumner County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cowley County: Winfield
Junction
(A),
Ferguson Ranch
(B),
Fulsom Ranch
(C),
Grouse Creek Club
(D),
Boone Ranch
(E),
Mills Ranch
(F),
Otto
(G),
Camp Ko-Ha-Me
(H),
Camp Quaker Haven
(I),
Ramsey Ranch
(J),
Cherokee Strip Museum
(K)
Churches in Cowley County include: Walnut
Valley Church
(A),
Timber Creek Church
(B),
Grandview Church
(C),
Pleasant Valley Church
(D),
Mount Zion Church
(E),
Prairie View Church
(F),
Hicks Chapel
(G)
Cemeteries: Hope
Cemetery
(1),
Cowley Cemetery
(2),
Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(3),
Patton Cemetery
(4),
Parker Cemetery
(5),
Silver Creek Cemetery
(6),
Silverdale Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Lake
Wynds
(A),
Lake Louise
(B),
Cowley County State Lake
(C)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gardners
Branch
(A),
Horse Creek
(B),
Stalter Branch
(C),
Rush Creek
(D),
Stewart Creek
(E),
Antelope Creek
(F),
Franklin Creek
(G),
Pebble Creek
(H),
Acker Creek
(I)
Parks in Cowley County include: Cowley
County State Park
(1),
Cowley State Fishing Lake
(2),
Greens Farm Park
(3),
Kaw Wildlife Area
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 2,584
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 902 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Cowley
County: |
2.5% | | Whole
state: | 5.0% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 361
- 1990
to 1994: 64
- 1985
to 1989: 121
- 1980
to 1984: 232
- 1975
to 1979: 40
- 1970
to 1974: 35
- 1970
to 1974: 19
- 1965
to 1969: 30
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Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 12,163
- One,
attached: 195
- Two:
330
- 3
or 4: 515
- 5
to 9: 139
- 10
to 19: 85
- 20
or more: 523
- Mobile
homes: 1,697
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Housing units in Cowley County with a mortgage: 4,304 (488 second mortgage, 384 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,220 Agriculture
in Cowley County
Average size of farms: 687 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $62157
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $109.22
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.14%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 63.41%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $56975
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 30.29%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.98%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $71227
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.43%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.61
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.99%
Corn for grain: 3883 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 100683 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 7143 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 23766 harvested acres
Vegetables: 17 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 53 acresCowley
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Kansas state average. It is 1.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 11 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/26/1991, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Transportation
equipment (15%)
- Construction
(12%)
- Educational
services (8%)
- Plastics
and rubber products (7%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (19%)
- Educational
services (18%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Social
assistance (6%)
- Transportation
equipment (5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Child
care workers (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Laos
(27%)
- Other
Eastern Africa (24%)
- Mexico
(20%)
- United
Kingdom (4%)
- Vietnam
(4%)
- Other
South Eastern Asia (2%)
- Russia
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Cowley County:
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- German
(24%)
- United
States or American (18%)
- English
(12%)
- Irish
(8%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Dutch
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 13,285 (82%)
- Carpooled:
1,742 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
18 (0%)
- Bicycle:
27 (0%)
- Walked:
445 (3%)
- Other
means: 85 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 585 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Cowley County, Kansas
- 595
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 518
people in state prisons
- 338
people in nursing homes
- 187
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 80
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 79
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 5
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,652.
5.97% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,475 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.97% | | Kansas
average: | 7.39% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.27% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($15,270 average AGI)
2.71% relocated from other states ($14,205 average AGI)
| Cowley
County: |
2.71% | | Kansas
average: | 3.56% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Sedgwick County, KS
|
1.09% ($26,526 average AGI) |
| from
Sumner County, KS
|
0.49% ($28,593) |
| from
Kay County, OK
|
0.35% ($25,791) |
| from
Butler County, KS
|
0.31% ($32,842) |
| from
Chautauqua County, KS
|
0.12% ($21,533) |
| from
Reno County, KS
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0.10% ($35,583) |
| from
Tulsa County, OK
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0.08% ($15,200) |
6.45% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,307 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.45% | | Kansas
average: | 7.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.41% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($16,268 average AGI)
3.04% relocated to other states ($15,039 average AGI)
| Cowley
County: |
3.04% | | Kansas
average: | 3.95% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Sedgwick County, KS
|
1.42% ($34,382 average AGI) |
| to
Sumner County, KS
|
0.43% ($21,453) |
| to
Kay County, OK
|
0.41% ($31,440) |
| to
Butler County, KS
|
0.30% ($34,027) |
| to
Douglas County, KS
|
0.14% ($34,294) |
| to
Johnson County, KS
|
0.11% ($45,286) |
| to
Oklahoma County, OK
|
0.08% ($20,700) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.3
Births
per 1000 population in Cowley County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Cowley County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Cowley County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,313 (5,431 aged, 882 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 34,500
- In
family households: 29,514 (7,880 male householders, 1,807 female householders)
8,081
spouses, 10,241 children (9,333 natural, 300 adopted, 608 stepchildren), 409 grandchildren, 155 brothers or sisters, 73 parents, 294 other relatives, 574 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,986 (1,851 male householders (1,564 living alone)), 2,535 female householders (2,357 living alone)), 600 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,791 (428 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,496 2-persons, 2,026 3-persons, 1,834 4-persons, 925 5-persons, 303 6-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,921 1-person, 361 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 42 4-persons.
6,485 married couples with children.
2,133 single-parent households (514 men, 1,619 women).
95.3% of residents of Cowley County speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $268,098,000 ($7495 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $67,783,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $95,612,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $49,985,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,266,000
Federal grants: $41,290,000
Federal procurement contracts: $69,567,000 ($63,312,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,379,000 ($385,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,565,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,604,000
Federal Government insurance: $25,963,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,468
| Here: |
70 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,256
| Here: |
64 per 1000 residents | | State: |
47 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +314
| Here: |
+9 per 1000 residents | | State: | +14
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,466
| Here: |
-42 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-21 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Cowley County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.90 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% 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: 101
- 1995
to 1998: 572
- 1990
to 1994: 500
- 1980
to 1989: 1,565
- 1970
to 1979: 2,117
- 1960
to 1969: 1,438
- 1950
to 1959: 2,556
- 1940
to 1949: 1,792
- 1939
or earlier: 5,032
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Cowley County, Kansas: |
- 1
room: 12
- 2
rooms: 57
- 3
rooms: 260
- 4
rooms: 1,037
- 5
rooms: 2,525
- 6
rooms: 2,464
- 7
rooms: 1,514
- 8
rooms: 1,157
- 9
or more rooms: 923
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cowley County, Kansas: |
- 1
room: 110
- 2
rooms: 204
- 3
rooms: 659
- 4
rooms: 948
- 5
rooms: 1,085
- 6
rooms: 530
- 7
rooms: 309
- 8
rooms: 156
- 9
or more rooms: 89
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cowley County: |
- no
bedroom: 31
- 1
bedroom: 324
- 2
bedrooms: 3,161
- 3
bedrooms: 4,692
- 4
bedrooms: 1,350
- 5
or more bedrooms: 391
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cowley County: |
- no
bedroom: 131
- 1
bedroom: 894
- 2
bedrooms: 1,757
- 3
bedrooms: 1,044
- 4
bedrooms: 190
- 5
or more bedrooms: 74
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cowley County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 302
- 1
vehicle: 2,543
- 2
vehicles: 4,298
- 3
vehicles: 1,901
- 4
vehicles: 647
- 5
or more vehicles: 258
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cowley County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 547
- 1
vehicle: 2,006
- 2
vehicles: 1,064
- 3
vehicles: 358
- 4
vehicles: 88
- 5
or more vehicles: 27
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56% of Cowley County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Kansas.
| Cowley
County: |
56.2% | | State
average: |
53.5% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 24931
- Northeast:
473
- Midwest:
2675
- South:
5363
- West:
1787
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,700 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (68%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (68%)
- Electricity
(22%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 329
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 89
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 967
Cowley
County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- Solid Waste Management: $1,046,000
All Other: $430,000
- Construction
- General: $156,000
Regular Highways: $70,000
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $3,255,000
Regular Highways: $2,327,000
Corrections - Other: $1,744,000
Financial Administration: $1,090,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,015,000
Health Services - Other: $868,000
Police Protection: $865,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $556,000
Central Staff Services: $413,000
Natural Resources - Other: $294,000
General Public Buildings: $39,000
Parks & Recreation: $8,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $273,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Higher Education: $3,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $4,237,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,100,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $880,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $3,937,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $300,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $220,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $714,000
General Revenue, NEC: $582,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $177,000
General - Other: $130,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,631,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,969,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,101,000
Highways: $1,017,000
General Support: $586,000
- Tax
- Property: $6,244,000
NEC: $278,000
Motor Vehicle License: $63,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,375,000
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