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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,215 (1.7%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Box Butte County is $381 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $502 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $657 a month.
Cities in this county include: Alliance
, Hemingford
.
Neighboring
counties: Dawes County
, Morrill County
, Scotts Bluff County
, Sheridan County
, Sioux County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Box Butte County: Uhrig
Ranch
(A),
Nonpariel Grain Company
(B),
Carhenge
(C),
Alliance Country Club
(D),
Alliance Municipal Golf Course
(E),
Cook Ranch
(F),
Snake Creek Ranch
(G),
D Henderson Ranch
(H),
School Number 76
(I),
J Henderson Ranch
(J),
Bauer Ranch
(K),
Hood Ranch
(L),
R Henderson Ranch
(M),
Berea
(N),
Yale Siding
(O),
Birdsell
(P)
Church in Box Butte County: Saint
Marys Church
(A).
Cemeteries: Hemingford
Cemetery
(1),
Katen Cemetery
(2),
Plainview Cemetery
(3),
Severson Cemetery
(4),
Bohemian Pioneer Cemetery
(5),
Lawn Cemetery
(6),
Greenwood Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Sewer
Lake Number 3
(A),
Sewer Lake Number 2
(B),
Sewer Lake Number 1
(C),
Bronco Lake
(D),
Clough Lake
(E),
Kilpatrick Lake
(F),
Kilpatric Reservoir
(G),
Phillips Reservoir
(H)
Creeks: Barrel
Springs Creek
(A),
Barngrover Creek
(B),
Hemingford Creek
(C),
Point Of Rocks Creek
(D),
Mud Springs Creek
(E),
Snake Creek
(F),
South Branch Box Butte Creek
(G),
South Branch Point of Rocks Creek
(H),
Berea Creek
(I)
Parks in Box Butte County include: The
Sidney-Black Hills Trail Historical Marker
(1),
Box Butte County Historical Marker
(2)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 394
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 378 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Box
Butte County: |
3.1% | | Whole
state: | 4.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 109
- 1990
to 1994: 59
- 1985
to 1989: 56
- 1980
to 1984: 50
- 1975
to 1979: 24
- 1970
to 1974: 28
- 1970
to 1974: 17
- 1965
to 1969: 35
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Mean travel time to work: 14.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 3,825
- One,
attached: 162
- Two:
144
- 3
or 4: 221
- 5
to 9: 81
- 10
to 19: 227
- 20
or more: 200
- Mobile
homes: 628
Housing units in Box Butte County with a mortgage: 1,532 (117 second mortgage, 169 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,059 Agriculture
in Box Butte County
Average size of farms: 1418 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $273234
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $259.44
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 55.88%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $253440
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 32.76%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 58.85%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $167028
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.61%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 12.03
Corn for grain: 43335 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 96700 harvested acres
Vegetables: 14 harvested acresBox
Butte County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Nebraska state average. It is 1.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Rail
transportation (30%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Plastics
and rubber products (6%)
- Construction
(6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Educational
services (3%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (14%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Rail
transportation (7%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Plastics
and rubber products (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Rail
and water transportation workers (14%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(69%)
- Germany
(7%)
- Korea
(5%)
- Peru
(4%)
- United
Kingdom (4%)
- Greece
(3%)
- Laos
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Box Butte County:
|
- German
(36%)
- English
(8%)
- Irish
(8%)
- United
States or American (5%)
- Swedish
(4%)
- Norwegian
(4%)
- Czech
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,541 (79%)
- Carpooled:
492 (9%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Taxi:
3 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
23 (0%)
- Bicycle:
29 (1%)
- Walked:
276 (5%)
- Other
means: 29 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 313 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Box Butte County, Nebraska
- 166
people in nursing homes
- 23
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15
people in religious group quarters
- 14
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $47,987.
5.15% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,617 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.15% | | Nebraska
average: | 7.03% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.53% relocated from other counties in Nebraska ($15,083 average AGI)
2.62% relocated from other states ($20,535 average AGI)
| Box
Butte County: |
2.62% | | Nebraska
average: | 2.84% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Scotts Bluff County, NE
|
0.54% ($36,708 average AGI) |
| from
Dawes County, NE
|
0.34% ($24,933) |
| from
Sheridan County, NE
|
0.34% ($34,667) |
6.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,258 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.73% | | Nebraska
average: | 7.41% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.26% relocated to other counties in Nebraska ($14,863 average AGI)
3.48% relocated to other states ($20,392 average AGI)
| Box
Butte County: |
3.48% | | Nebraska
average: |
3.31% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Lancaster County, NE
|
0.68% ($26,258 average AGI) |
| to
Scotts Bluff County, NE
|
0.55% ($28,680) |
| to
Dawes County, NE
|
0.24% ($33,182) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.3
Births
per 1000 population in Box Butte County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Box Butte County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Box Butte County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,929 (1,697 aged, 232 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 11,934
- In
family households: 10,310 (2,720 male householders, 609 female householders)
2,848
spouses, 3,738 children (3,266 natural, 110 adopted, 362 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 54 other relatives, 168 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,624 (735 male householders (627 living alone)), 714 female householders (682 living alone)), 175 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 224 (185 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,471 2-persons, 703 3-persons, 673 4-persons, 313 5-persons, 128 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,309 1-person, 95 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 21 4-persons.
2,562 married couples with children.
650 single-parent households (145 men, 505 women).
92.8% of residents of Box Butte County speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $68,945,000 ($6054 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $841,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $31,953,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,666,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,553,000
Federal grants: $11,938,000
Federal procurement contracts: $918,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,917,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $460,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,035,000
Federal Government insurance: $39,031,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 808
| Here: |
71 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 667
| Here: |
59 per 1000 residents | | State: |
46 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +87
| Here: |
+8 per 1000 residents | | State: | +13
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -996
| Here: |
-88 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-15 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Box Butte County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.62 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: 80
- 1995
to 1998: 199
- 1990
to 1994: 92
- 1980
to 1989: 524
- 1970
to 1979: 1,404
- 1960
to 1969: 425
- 1950
to 1959: 544
- 1940
to 1949: 701
- 1939
or earlier: 1,519
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Box Butte County, Nebraska: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 27
- 3
rooms: 81
- 4
rooms: 295
- 5
rooms: 604
- 6
rooms: 547
- 7
rooms: 662
- 8
rooms: 539
- 9
or more rooms: 598
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Box Butte County, Nebraska: |
- 1
room: 10
- 2
rooms: 65
- 3
rooms: 226
- 4
rooms: 436
- 5
rooms: 286
- 6
rooms: 146
- 7
rooms: 106
- 8
rooms: 70
- 9
or more rooms: 82
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Box Butte County: |
- no
bedroom: 20
- 1
bedroom: 122
- 2
bedrooms: 612
- 3
bedrooms: 1,423
- 4
bedrooms: 914
- 5
or more bedrooms: 262
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Box Butte County: |
- no
bedroom: 10
- 1
bedroom: 291
- 2
bedrooms: 630
- 3
bedrooms: 322
- 4
bedrooms: 157
- 5
or more bedrooms: 17
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Box Butte County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 89
- 1
vehicle: 722
- 2
vehicles: 1,418
- 3
vehicles: 735
- 4
vehicles: 293
- 5
or more vehicles: 96
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Box Butte County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 170
- 1
vehicle: 669
- 2
vehicles: 390
- 3
vehicles: 149
- 4
vehicles: 33
- 5
or more vehicles: 16
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59% of Box Butte County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Nebraska.
| Box
Butte County: |
58.9% | | State
average: |
55.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 8140
- Northeast:
209
- Midwest:
1634
- South:
451
- West:
1316
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (74%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity
(7%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (56%)
- Electricity
(28%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- 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): 57
| Here: |
3.5% | | Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: |
2.1% | | Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 74
| Here: |
25.3% | | Nebraska: |
20.0% |
Box
Butte County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $14,655,000
All Other: $243,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $264,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $13,165,000
General - Other: $1,252,000
Regular Highways: $718,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $526,000
Corrections - Other: $469,000
Financial Administration: $329,000
Police Protection: $256,000
Central Staff Services: $177,000
Natural Resources - Other: $142,000
Health Services - Other: $86,000
General Public Buildings: $72,000
Welfare - Other: $44,000
Parks & Recreation: $25,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - General Support: $3,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $48,000
General Revenue, NEC: $20,000
Property Sale Other: $10,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $75,000
Regular Highways: $74,000
General - Other: $8,000
Judicial: $6,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
Police Protection: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $10,319,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $845,000
General Support: $82,000
All Other: $81,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,498,000
Motor Vehicle License: $406,000
NEC: $156,000
Other Selective Sales: $32,000
Total General Sales: $1,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $1,870,000
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