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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,047 (1.7%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Dawson County is $424 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $678 a month.
Cities in this county include: Glendive
, West Glendive
, Richey
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Neighboring
counties: McCone County
, Prairie County
, Richland County
, Wibaux County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Dawson County: Artists
Vista Point
(A),
Radio Hill Junction
(B),
Burning Coal Mine
(C),
Cains Coulee Overlook
(D),
Eastern Montana Bible Camp
(E),
Cottonwood Country Club
(F),
Pine-On-Rocks Vista Point
(G),
Rimroad
(H),
Sand Creek Overlook
(I),
Stipek
(J),
Western Gravel Spur
(K),
Woodrow
(L),
Farmers Elevator
(M),
Eyeful Vista Point
(N),
Long Siding
(O),
Lions Club Youth Camp
(P),
Lindsay
(Q),
Kolberg Ranch
(R),
Johnson Reservoir Fishing Access Site
(S),
Allard Ranch
(T)
Churches in Dawson County include: South
Valley Church
(A),
Bloomfield Christian Missionary Alliance Church
(B),
Bethlehem Church
(C),
Red Top Mennonite Church
(D),
Deer Creek Church
(E),
First Congregational Church of Intake
(F)
Cemeteries: Dawson
County Cemetery
(1),
Richey Cemetery
(2),
Dawson Memorial Cemetery
(3),
Pleasant View Cemetery
(4),
Grand View Cemetery
(5),
Marsh Cemetery
(6),
Klempel Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Forks
Reservoir
(A),
Gagena Reservoir
(B),
Milliron Reservoir Number 2
(C),
Milliron Reservoir Number 1
(D),
Big Drop Reservoir
(E),
Roy Richey Reservoir
(F),
Malkuch Reservoir
(G),
Deer Creek Reservoir
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Horse
Creek
(A),
Hodges Creek
(B),
Eastman Creek
(C),
Clear Creek
(D),
Serrine Creek
(E),
Griffith Creek
(F),
Shryve Creek
(G),
Glendive Creek
(H),
Frank Creek
(I)
Parks in Dawson County include: Jaycee
West Park
(1),
Meissner American Legion Baseball Field
(2),
Yellowstone River Historical Marker
(3),
Makoshika State Park
(4)
Post offices: Bloomfield
Post Office
(A),
Lindsay Post Office
(B)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 445
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 102 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Dawson
County: |
1.1% | | Whole
state: | 1.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 5
- 1990
to 1994: 0
- 1985
to 1989: 3
- 1980
to 1984: 9
- 1975
to 1979: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 1
- 1970
to 1974: 17
- 1965
to 1969: 62
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Mean travel time to work: 13.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 94.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 3,144
- One,
attached: 70
- Two:
89
- 3
or 4: 128
- 5
to 9: 97
- 10
to 19: 69
- 20
or more: 38
- Mobile
homes: 518
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Housing units in Dawson County with a mortgage: 966 (74 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 972 Agriculture
in Dawson County
Average size of farms: 2703 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $69247
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $77.36
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 46.17%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $62382
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 17.83%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 6.69%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $106914
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 75.48%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.16
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.48%
Corn for grain: 1331 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 164040 harvested acresDawson
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Montana state average. It is 5.2 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/29/1961, a tornado injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Rail
transportation (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Construction
(7%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Repair
and maintenance (5%)
- Mining
(4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (22%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (10%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Farmers
and farm managers (13%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Rail
and water transportation workers (4%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters
and waitresses (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Canada
(42%)
- Germany
(29%)
- Italy
(11%)
- France
(9%)
- Thailand
(5%)
- Costa
Rica (2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Dawson County:
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- German
(40%)
- Norwegian
(17%)
- Irish
(7%)
- English
(6%)
- United
States or American (5%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Swedish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 3,120 (73%)
- Carpooled:
547 (13%)
- Subway
or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
4 (0%)
- Bicycle:
39 (1%)
- Walked:
226 (5%)
- Other
means: 26 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 327 (8%)
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People
in group quarters in Dawson County, Montana
- 140
people in state prisons
- 134
people in nursing homes
- 95
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 56
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 45
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 9
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 3
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,398.
6.95% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,131 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.95% | | Montana
average: | 8.25% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.46% relocated from other counties in Montana ($13,629 average AGI)
3.49% relocated from other states ($16,502 average AGI)
| Dawson
County: |
3.49% | | Montana
average: | 4.64% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Yellowstone County, MT
|
0.85% ($19,036 average AGI) |
| from
Richland County, MT
|
0.33% ($27,545) |
6.95% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,271 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.95% | | Montana
average: | 7.69% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.37% relocated to other counties in Montana ($18,764 average AGI)
3.58% relocated to other states ($16,507 average AGI)
| Dawson
County: |
3.58% | | Montana
average: | 4.10% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Yellowstone County, MT
|
0.70% ($25,478 average AGI) |
| to
Richland County, MT
|
0.39% ($44,692) |
| to
Missoula County, MT
|
0.36% ($19,833) |
| to
Custer County, MT
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0.30% ($66,600) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1
Births
per 1000 population in Dawson County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.7
Deaths
per 1000 population in Dawson County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Dawson County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,696 (1,519 aged, 177 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 8,569
- In
family households: 7,317 (2,116 male householders, 374 female householders)
2,092
spouses, 2,472 children (2,256 natural, 65 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 39 other relatives, 113 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,252 (505 male householders (425 living alone)), 624 female householders (597 living alone)), 123 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 490 (318 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,235 2-persons, 523 3-persons, 467 4-persons, 191 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,022 1-person, 104 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 5-persons.
1,625 married couples with children.
384 single-parent households (95 men, 289 women).
95.9% of residents of Dawson County speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $58,401,000 ($6763 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $630,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $24,812,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $10,463,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,735,000
Federal grants: $11,399,000
Federal procurement contracts: $421,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,571,000 ($108,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $451,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,154,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,588,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 454
| Here: |
52 per 1000 residents | | State: | 62
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 555
| Here: |
64 per 1000 residents | | State: |
47 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +4
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -265
| Here: |
-31 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Dawson County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.11 millions of gallons per day (18% from ground, 82% 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: 8
- 1995
to 1998: 22
- 1990
to 1994: 48
- 1980
to 1989: 467
- 1970
to 1979: 898
- 1960
to 1969: 491
- 1950
to 1959: 857
- 1940
to 1949: 353
- 1939
or earlier: 1,024
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Dawson County, Montana: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 12
- 3
rooms: 80
- 4
rooms: 255
- 5
rooms: 519
- 6
rooms: 419
- 7
rooms: 381
- 8
rooms: 341
- 9
or more rooms: 676
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Dawson County, Montana: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 54
- 3
rooms: 133
- 4
rooms: 266
- 5
rooms: 166
- 6
rooms: 83
- 7
rooms: 76
- 8
rooms: 95
- 9
or more rooms: 67
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dawson County: |
- no
bedroom: 0
- 1
bedroom: 70
- 2
bedrooms: 510
- 3
bedrooms: 1,092
- 4
bedrooms: 741
- 5
or more bedrooms: 270
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Dawson County: |
- no
bedroom: 2
- 1
bedroom: 164
- 2
bedrooms: 364
- 3
bedrooms: 246
- 4
bedrooms: 143
- 5
or more bedrooms: 23
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Dawson County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 79
- 1
vehicle: 590
- 2
vehicles: 1,131
- 3
vehicles: 558
- 4
vehicles: 210
- 5
or more vehicles: 115
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Dawson County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 109
- 1
vehicle: 456
- 2
vehicles: 291
- 3
vehicles: 59
- 4
vehicles: 12
- 5
or more vehicles: 15
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63% of Dawson County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Montana.
| Dawson
County: |
63.1% | | State
average: |
54.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 5709
- Northeast:
121
- Midwest:
2034
- South:
231
- West:
827
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (78%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity
(5%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Coal
or coke (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (77%)
- Electricity
(9%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Coal
or coke (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 17
Dawson
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $2,953,000
Parks & Recreation: $26,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $2,841,000
Regular Highways: $1,031,000
General - Other: $822,000
Health Services - Other: $676,000
Central Staff Services: $627,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $509,000
Natural Resources - Other: $266,000
Welfare - Other: $206,000
Financial Administration: $174,000
Libraries: $149,000
Air Transportation: $107,000
General Public Buildings: $102,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $52,000
Parks & Recreation: $27,000
Solid Waste Management: $25,000
Fire Protection: $18,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $565,000
Health & Hospitals: $246,000
General Support: $27,000
Highways: $2,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $172,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,067,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,870,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,625,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $245,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $655,000
Special Assessments: $243,000
Interest Earnings: $86,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $212,000
Regular Highways: $75,000
Natural Resource - Other: $5,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,806,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,114,000
Highways: $308,000
General Support: $281,000
Health & Hospitals: $5,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,319,000
NEC: $2,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $4,801,000
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