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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $924 (1.1%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Branch County is $450 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $592 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $710 a month.
Cities in this county include: Coldwater
, Bronson
, Union City
, Quincy
, Sherwood
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Neighboring
counties: Calhoun County
, Hillsdale County
, Kalamazoo County
, LaGrange County, Indiana
, St. Joseph County
, Steuben County, Indiana
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Churches in Branch County include: Matteson
Church
(A),
Pleasant Hill Church
(B),
East Alganssee Church
(C),
East Ovid Church
(D),
Dayburg Church
(E),
Batavia Church
(F),
Lockwood Church
(G),
Wildwood Church
(H),
Bible Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Mason
Cemetery
(1),
Gilead Cemetery
(2),
Lake Cemetery
(3),
Matteson Cemetery
(4),
Saint Marys Cemetery
(5),
York Cemetery
(6),
Lawrence Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Little
Long Lake
(A),
Little Rose Lake
(B),
Little Wells Lake
(C),
Anderson Lake
(D),
Long Noble Lake
(E),
Anderson, Lake
(F),
Archer Lake
(G),
Mallow Lake
(H)
Creeks: Bagley
Creek
(A),
Bowen Creek
(B),
Burnett Creek
(C),
Cold Creek
(D),
Fisher Creek
(E),
Hog Creek
(F),
Riley Creek
(G),
Tallahassee Creek
(H),
Spencer Creek
(I)
Post office: Bethel
Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,547
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,180 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Branch
County: |
2.6% | | Whole
state: | 5.3% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 536
- 1990
to 1994: 152
- 1985
to 1989: 91
- 1980
to 1984: 90
- 1975
to 1979: 47
- 1970
to 1974: 75
- 1970
to 1974: 17
- 1965
to 1969: 172
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Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 70.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 14,707
- One,
attached: 231
- Two:
475
- 3
or 4: 438
- 5
to 9: 354
- 10
to 19: 287
- 20
or more: 333
- Mobile
homes: 2,957
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 40
Housing units in Branch County with a mortgage: 5,860 (656 second mortgage, 625 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,140 Agriculture
in Branch County
Average size of farms: 226 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $57796
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $225.92
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.39%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 39.47%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $60528
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 68.55%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $75769
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.59%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.06
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 20.16%
Corn for grain: 77231 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 4612 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 76960 harvested acres
Vegetables: 2639 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 111 acresBranch
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Michigan state average. It is 2.9 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 22 fatalities and 294 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 21 people and injured 293 people
Most
common industries for males: |
- Transportation
equipment (12%)
- Metal
and metal products (9%)
- Construction
(9%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (13%)
- Educational
services (10%)
- Transportation
equipment (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(43%)
- Other
Western Asia (12%)
- Canada
(10%)
- Japan
(7%)
- Korea
(3%)
- Germany
(3%)
- Asia,
n.e.c. (3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Branch County:
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- German
(26%)
- United
States or American (14%)
- English
(12%)
- Irish
(8%)
- Polish
(7%)
- Dutch
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 16,236 (78%)
- Carpooled:
2,693 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 85 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
17 (0%)
- Bicycle:
51 (0%)
- Walked:
513 (2%)
- Other
means: 217 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 925 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Branch County, Michigan
- 1864
people in state prisons
- 373
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 333
people in nursing homes
- 179
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 140
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 86
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 77
people in other group homes
- 30
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 25
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 15
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4
people in homes for the physically handicapped
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,548.
5.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,115 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.70% | | Michigan
average: |
5.24% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.63% relocated from other counties in Michigan ($20,338 average AGI)
2.07% relocated from other states ($13,777 average AGI)
| Branch
County: |
2.07% | | Michigan
average: |
1.38% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Calhoun County, MI
|
0.83% ($36,729 average AGI) |
| from
Hillsdale County, MI
|
0.75% ($24,508) |
| from
St. Joseph County, MI
|
0.54% ($27,299) |
| from
Steuben County, IN
|
0.30% ($33,208) |
| from
Kalamazoo County, MI
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0.24% ($29,474) |
| from
Wayne County, MI
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0.19% ($33,387) |
| from
Allen County, IN
|
0.13% ($63,857) |
6.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,158 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.79% | | Michigan
average: |
5.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.88% relocated to other counties in Michigan ($15,596 average AGI)
2.91% relocated to other states ($14,562 average AGI)
| Branch
County: |
2.91% | | Michigan
average: |
2.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Calhoun County, MI
|
1.06% ($26,789 average AGI) |
| to
St. Joseph County, MI
|
0.62% ($25,901) |
| to
Hillsdale County, MI
|
0.61% ($27,596) |
| to
Steuben County, IN
|
0.45% ($30,219) |
| to
Kalamazoo County, MI
|
0.28% ($23,435) |
| to
Wayne County, MI
|
0.20% ($23,303) |
| to
Jackson County, MI
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0.17% ($27,333) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.1
Births
per 1000 population in Branch County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Branch County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.2
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Branch County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,892 (5,843 aged, 1,049 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 42,632
- In
family households: 36,797 (9,492 male householders, 2,201 female householders)
9,261
spouses, 13,358 children (11,730 natural, 380 adopted, 1,248 stepchildren), 545 grandchildren, 239 brothers or sisters, 233 parents, 445 other relatives, 1,023 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 5,835 (2,231 male householders (1,657 living alone)), 2,516 female householders (2,290 living alone)), 1,088 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 3,155 (2,805 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,066 2-persons, 2,493 3-persons, 2,305 4-persons, 1,152 5-persons, 405 6-persons, 272 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,947 1-person, 651 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.
8,023 married couples with children.
2,584 single-parent households (832 men, 1,752 women).
93.5% of residents of Branch County speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (27% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (45% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $193,839,000 ($4174 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,271,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $100,603,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $47,207,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,187,000
Federal grants: $33,254,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,343,000 ($46,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,245,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $264,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $17,413,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,099,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,128
| Here: |
67 per 1000 residents | | State: | 68
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,159
| Here: |
46 per 1000 residents | | State: |
45 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +437
| Here: |
+9 per 1000 residents | | State: | +12
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -672
| Here: |
-14 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-16 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Branch County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.23 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: 516
- 1995
to 1998: 1,154
- 1990
to 1994: 1,071
- 1980
to 1989: 1,924
- 1970
to 1979: 3,142
- 1960
to 1969: 2,692
- 1950
to 1959: 2,086
- 1940
to 1949: 1,314
- 1939
or earlier: 5,923
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Branch County, Michigan: |
- 1
room: 15
- 2
rooms: 65
- 3
rooms: 316
- 4
rooms: 1,375
- 5
rooms: 2,701
- 6
rooms: 2,926
- 7
rooms: 2,417
- 8
rooms: 1,524
- 9
or more rooms: 1,553
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Branch County, Michigan: |
- 1
room: 39
- 2
rooms: 210
- 3
rooms: 639
- 4
rooms: 1,000
- 5
rooms: 641
- 6
rooms: 401
- 7
rooms: 236
- 8
rooms: 161
- 9
or more rooms: 130
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Branch County: |
- no
bedroom: 19
- 1
bedroom: 400
- 2
bedrooms: 3,122
- 3
bedrooms: 6,657
- 4
bedrooms: 2,071
- 5
or more bedrooms: 623
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Branch County: |
- no
bedroom: 70
- 1
bedroom: 929
- 2
bedrooms: 1,346
- 3
bedrooms: 809
- 4
bedrooms: 231
- 5
or more bedrooms: 72
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Branch County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 561
- 1
vehicle: 3,360
- 2
vehicles: 5,905
- 3
vehicles: 2,108
- 4
vehicles: 734
- 5
or more vehicles: 224
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Branch County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 543
- 1
vehicle: 1,611
- 2
vehicles: 1,009
- 3
vehicles: 229
- 4
vehicles: 57
- 5
or more vehicles: 8
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59% of Branch County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Michigan.
| Branch
County: |
59.1% | | State
average: |
58.3% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 33137
- Northeast:
947
- Midwest:
7171
- South:
2150
- West:
936
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,100 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 (54%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood
(4%)
- Electricity
(3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (59%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity
(10%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Other
fuel (3%)
- Wood
(2%)
- 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): 526
| Here: |
9.6% | | Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 167
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 167
| Here: |
12.3% | | Michigan: | 16.5% |
Branch
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $203,000
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $45,244,000
All Other: $11,647,000
Sewerage: $533,000
Parks & Recreation: $278,000
Housing & Community Development: $0
- Construction
- General: $1,429,000
Health - Other: $277,000
Regular Highways: $129,000
Air Transportation: $17,000
Parks & Recreation: $15,000
Corrections - Other: $13,000
Sewerage: $6,000
Judicial & Legal: $2,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $43,334,000
Health Services - Other: $19,146,000
Regular Highways: $7,344,000
Welfare - Other: $6,183,000
General - Other: $2,612,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,565,000
Corrections - Other: $1,869,000
Police Protection: $1,582,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $884,000
Financial Administration: $572,000
General Public Buildings: $507,000
Central Staff Services: $491,000
Sewerage: $200,000
Housing & Community Development: $149,000
Parks & Recreation: $134,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $1,510,000
Highways: $1,320,000
All Other: $547,000
Public Welfare: $200,000
Housing & Community Development: $149,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $876,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Highways: $708,000
Health & Hospitals: $382,000
All Other: $182,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $17,520,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $5,154,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $8,301,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,065,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $3,645,000
Special Assessments: $923,000
Interest Earnings: $530,000
Rents: $497,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $23,393,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $10,666,000
Highways: $3,805,000
All Other: $1,092,000
General Support: $739,000
Public Welfare: $682,000
Housing & Community Development: $16,000
- Tax
- Property: $7,170,000
NEC: $752,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $34,923,000
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