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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,319 (1.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buffalo County is $442 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $582 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $792 a month.
Cities in this county include: Kearney
, Gibbon
, Ravenna
, Shelton
, Elm Creek
, Pleasanton
, Amherst
, Riverdale
, Miller
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Neighboring
counties: Adams County
, Custer County
, Dawson County
, Hall County
, Howard County
, Kearney County
, Phelps County
, Sherman County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Buffalo County: Lakeside
RV Park
(A),
Union Pacific Campground
(B),
Buda
(C),
Buffalo Ridge Golf Course
(D),
Gibbon Junction
(E),
Gibbon Valley View Golf Club
(F),
Prairie Hills Golf and Ski Club
(G),
Glenwood Park
(H),
Odessa
(I),
Alfalfa Center
(J),
Milton Store
(K),
Ravenna Golf Club
(L),
Kearney Rest Area - Westbound
(M),
Kearney Rest Area - Eastbound
(N),
West Ravenna
(O),
Denman
(P),
Saint Michael
(Q),
Nantasket
(R),
Amherst Public Library
(S)
Churches in Buffalo County include: Saint
John Capistran Catholic Church
(A),
Immanuel Lutheran Church
(B),
Pleasant Valley Church
(C),
United Brethren Church
(D),
Trinity Lutheran Church
(E),
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
(F),
Grace Church
(G),
Grandview Church
(H),
Zion Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Prairie
Center Cemetery
(1),
Saint Marys Cemetery
(2),
Saint Mary Cemetery
(3),
Armada Cemetery
(4),
Our Lady Of Lourdes Cemetery
(5),
Highland Cemetery
(6),
Lutheran Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Arrasmith
Reservoir
(A),
Hadwiger Reservoir
(B),
Hadwiger Reservoir Number 1
(C),
Blue Hole East Lake
(D),
Blue Hole West Lake
(E),
Box Elder Creek Reservoir 5-A
(F),
Brown Reservoir
(G),
Staubitz and Holmes Reservoir
(H)
Rivers and creeks: Beaver
Creek
(A),
Cedar Creek
(B),
Cat Creek
(C),
Rusco Creek
(D),
Buffalo Creek
(E),
Swee Creek
(F),
Swenson Creek
(G),
Elm Creek
(H),
Mud Creek
(I)
Parks in Buffalo County include: Ted
Baldwin Park
(1),
Gibbon Historical Marker
(2),
The Great Plains Historical Marker
(3),
East Odessa State Wildlife Management Area
(4),
Union Pacific State Recreation Area
(5),
Fort Kearney Historical Marker
(6),
War Axe State Recreation Area
(7),
Bassway Strip State Wildlife Management Area
(8),
Watson Ranch Historical Marker
(9)
Post offices: Amherst
Post Office
(A),
Poole Post Office
(B),
Odessa Post Office
(C)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 5,852
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,097 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Buffalo
County: |
2.6% | | Whole
state: | 4.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 338
- 1990
to 1994: 184
- 1985
to 1989: 240
- 1980
to 1984: 99
- 1975
to 1979: 89
- 1970
to 1974: 37
- 1970
to 1974: 34
- 1965
to 1969: 76
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Mean travel time to work: 15.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.2%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 11,207
- One,
attached: 472
- Two:
767
- 3
or 4: 777
- 5
to 9: 840
- 10
to 19: 583
- 20
or more: 576
- Mobile
homes: 1,600
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Housing units in Buffalo County with a mortgage: 4,927 (542 second mortgage, 530 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,754 Agriculture
in Buffalo County
Average size of farms: 608 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $180995
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $269.48
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 56.23%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $168925
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 48.35%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 79.06%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $128090
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.93%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 16.94
Corn for grain: 164443 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 3836 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 66228 harvested acres
Vegetables: 31 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 16 acresBuffalo
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Nebraska state average. It is 5.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/10/1985, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(11%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery
(7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Educational
services (7%)
- Health
care (5%)
- Metal
and metal products (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (19%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (11%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Machinery
(4%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (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%)
- El
Salvador (7%)
- Vietnam
(3%)
- Other
Caribbean (3%)
- Guatemala
(3%)
- Iraq
(2%)
- Brazil
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Buffalo County:
|
- German
(42%)
- Irish
(8%)
- English
(8%)
- United
States or American (7%)
- Swedish
(5%)
- Danish
(3%)
- Polish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 19,476 (84%)
- Carpooled:
1,834 (8%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 29 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
25 (0%)
- Bicycle:
51 (0%)
- Walked:
742 (3%)
- Other
means: 67 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 854 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Buffalo County, Nebraska
- 1939
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 375
people in nursing homes
- 218
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 63
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 48
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 45
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 45
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 37
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 21
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 20
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 12
people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5
people in other group homes
- 5
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $52,617.
8.56% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,159 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.56% | | Nebraska
average: |
7.03% |
0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($126 average AGI)
| Buffalo
County: |
0.21% | | Nebraska
average: |
0.13% |
5.91% relocated from other counties in Nebraska ($19,872 average AGI)
2.44% relocated from other states ($10,161 average AGI)
| Buffalo
County: |
2.44% | | Nebraska
average: | 2.84% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Kearney County, NE
|
0.56% ($28,867 average AGI) |
| from
Lancaster County, NE
|
0.54% ($29,138) |
| from
Dawson County, NE
|
0.49% ($27,177) |
| from
Hall County, NE
|
0.44% ($30,930) |
| from
Phelps County, NE
|
0.33% ($36,472) |
| from
Custer County, NE
|
0.27% ($24,419) |
| from
Lincoln County, NE
|
0.26% ($33,756) |
8.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,925 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.40% | | Nebraska
average: |
7.41% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.24% relocated to other counties in Nebraska ($18,732 average AGI)
3.16% relocated to other states ($12,194 average AGI)
| Buffalo
County: |
3.16% | | Nebraska
average: | 3.31% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Lancaster County, NE
|
0.86% ($30,109 average AGI) |
| to
Douglas County, NE
|
0.81% ($35,124) |
| to
Kearney County, NE
|
0.54% ($31,581) |
| to
Hall County, NE
|
0.52% ($42,072) |
| to
Dawson County, NE
|
0.24% ($25,684) |
| to
Sarpy County, NE
|
0.21% ($25,848) |
| to
Lincoln County, NE
|
0.20% ($26,500) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.3
Births
per 1000 population in Buffalo County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.7
Deaths
per 1000 population in Buffalo County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Buffalo County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,541 (4,916 aged, 625 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 39,452
- In
family households: 31,629 (8,576 male householders, 1,726 female householders)
8,533
spouses, 11,490 children (10,645 natural, 324 adopted, 521 stepchildren), 186 grandchildren, 257 brothers or sisters, 89 parents, 247 other relatives, 525 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 7,823 (2,625 male householders (1,663 living alone)), 3,028 female householders (2,484 living alone)), 2,170 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 2,807 (788 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,604 2-persons, 2,164 3-persons, 2,077 4-persons, 1,008 5-persons, 371 6-persons, 78 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,147 1-person, 1,043 2-persons, 352 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 11 5-persons.
7,859 married couples with children.
1,941 single-parent households (424 men, 1,517 women).
93.3% of residents of Buffalo County speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $188,780,000 ($4349 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,214,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $81,707,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,297,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,452,000
Federal grants: $39,555,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,857,000 ($43,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,912,000 ($5,452,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,328,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,266,000
Federal Government insurance: $95,169,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,191
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,791
| Here: |
41 per 1000 residents | | State: | 46
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +275
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: | +13
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -296
| Here: |
-7 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-15 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Buffalo County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.73 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: 365
- 1995
to 1998: 1,665
- 1990
to 1994: 1,130
- 1980
to 1989: 2,074
- 1970
to 1979: 3,503
- 1960
to 1969: 1,789
- 1950
to 1959: 1,540
- 1940
to 1949: 996
- 1939
or earlier: 3,768
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Buffalo County, Nebraska: |
- 1
room: 11
- 2
rooms: 71
- 3
rooms: 253
- 4
rooms: 835
- 5
rooms: 1,958
- 6
rooms: 1,659
- 7
rooms: 1,562
- 8
rooms: 1,548
- 9
or more rooms: 2,227
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Buffalo County, Nebraska: |
- 1
room: 123
- 2
rooms: 440
- 3
rooms: 895
- 4
rooms: 2,070
- 5
rooms: 989
- 6
rooms: 470
- 7
rooms: 359
- 8
rooms: 202
- 9
or more rooms: 258
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Buffalo County: |
- no
bedroom: 18
- 1
bedroom: 212
- 2
bedrooms: 2,128
- 3
bedrooms: 4,539
- 4
bedrooms: 2,416
- 5
or more bedrooms: 811
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Buffalo County: |
- no
bedroom: 150
- 1
bedroom: 1,337
- 2
bedrooms: 2,720
- 3
bedrooms: 1,139
- 4
bedrooms: 359
- 5
or more bedrooms: 101
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Buffalo County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 175
- 1
vehicle: 2,039
- 2
vehicles: 4,587
- 3
vehicles: 2,242
- 4
vehicles: 714
- 5
or more vehicles: 367
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Buffalo County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 463
- 1
vehicle: 2,444
- 2
vehicles: 1,998
- 3
vehicles: 614
- 4
vehicles: 192
- 5
or more vehicles: 95
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48% of Buffalo County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Nebraska.
| Buffalo
County: |
48.3% | | State
average: | 55.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 31859
- Northeast:
387
- Midwest:
4618
- South:
1387
- West:
2697
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,100 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (75%)
- Electricity
(17%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (60%)
- Electricity
(33%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 389
| Here: |
8.4% | | Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 199
| Here: |
7.7% | | Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 267
| Here: |
5.0% | | Nebraska: | 20.0% |
Buffalo
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $998,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $3,196,000
General - Other: $2,362,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,012,000
Police Protection: $1,436,000
Financial Administration: $1,079,000
Corrections - Other: $950,000
Central Staff Services: $670,000
General Public Buildings: $395,000
Natural Resources - Other: $282,000
Parks & Recreation: $149,000
Health Services - Other: $97,000
Welfare - Other: $41,000
Other Hospitals: $18,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $253,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $56,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Libraries: $158,000
General: $13,000
Police Protection: $0
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $355,000
General Support: $2,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,539,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $224,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,315,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $335,000
Interest Earnings: $165,000
Special Assessments: $84,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $1,971,000
General - Other: $680,000
Financial Administration: $197,000
Police Protection: $184,000
Natural Resource - Other: $24,000
Corrections - Other: $17,000
Judicial: $15,000
General Public Building: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,925,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $23,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,189,000
All Other: $389,000
General Support: $347,000
Public Welfare: $148,000
Housing & Community Development: $23,000
- Tax
- Property: $8,924,000
NEC: $741,000
Other Selective Sales: $314,000
Public Utilities: $296,000
Motor Vehicle License: $249,000
Total General Sales: $2,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $5,870,000
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