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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $942 (0.8%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Churchill County is $572 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $718 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $908 a month.
Cities in this county include: Fallon
, Dixie Valley
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Neighboring
counties: Lander County
, Lyon County
, Mineral County
, Nye County
, Pershing County
, Washoe County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Churchill County: Goose
Landing
(A),
Southwest Corral
(B),
Southeast Corral
(C),
South Swan Landing
(D),
South Lead Lake Landing
(E),
Byers Ranch
(F),
Soldiers Spring
(G),
Smith Ranch
(H),
Gravel Pit Windmill
(I),
AEC Test Site
(J),
Camp Terrill
(K),
Canvasback Gun Club
(L),
Silver Hill
(M),
Greenhead Duck Club
(N),
Grimes Point Recreation Site
(O),
Carson Sink Station
(P),
Alpine Ranch
(Q),
East Pasture Corral
(R),
Sheckler Community Center
(S),
Wonder
(T)
Cemeteries: Fairview
Cemetery
(1),
Saint Clair Cemetery
(2),
Churchill County Cemetery
(3)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Sans
Pond
(A),
Little Soda Lake
(B),
Freeman Pond
(C),
Kirkley Pond
(D),
East Lake
(E),
Soda Lake
(F),
Little Cottonwood Lake
(G),
Sullivan Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sam
Spring Wash
(A),
Salt Creek
(B),
Silver Hill Creek
(C),
Little Den Creek
(D),
Packard Wash
(E),
Healys Creek
(F),
Vaughn Slough
(G),
Bench Creek
(H),
Bernice Creek
(I)
Parks in Churchill County include: Churchill
County Regional Park
(1),
Pony Express Monument
(2),
Fallon National Wildlife Refuge
(3),
Humboldt State Wildlife Management Area
(4),
Stillwater Wildlife Management Area
(5),
Lahontan State Game Refuge
(6),
Project Shoal Monument
(7),
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
(8),
Sand Springs Pony Express Station Historical Marker
(9)
Beaches: Churchill
Beach
(A),
Sixmile Beach
(B)
Post offices: Alpine
Post Office
(A),
Massie Post Office
(B),
Newpass Post Office
(C),
La Plata City Post Office
(D),
Ragtown Post Office
(E),
Hill Post Office
(F)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,101
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,437 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Churchill
County: |
6.0% | | Whole
state: | 15.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 239
- 1990
to 1994: 279
- 1985
to 1989: 236
- 1980
to 1984: 161
- 1975
to 1979: 174
- 1970
to 1974: 86
- 1970
to 1974: 114
- 1965
to 1969: 148
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Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 84.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,797
- One,
attached: 305
- Two:
195
- 3
or 4: 390
- 5
to 9: 165
- 10
to 19: 116
- 20
or more: 270
- Mobile
homes: 2,422
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 72
Housing units in Churchill County with a mortgage: 2,533 (274 second mortgage, 281 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 834 Agriculture
in Churchill County
Average size of farms: 300 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $101637
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $289.20
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 77.75%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $93971
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 26.05%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 99.31%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $81819
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.96%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 31.53
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 27.60%
All wheat for grain: 391 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 10 acresChurchill
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Nevada state average. It is 76.2 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Public
administration (11%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Mining
(4%)
- Metal
and metal products (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (13%)
- Health
care (11%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Child
care workers (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(47%)
- Philippines
(27%)
- Canada
(7%)
- United
Kingdom (3%)
- Germany
(3%)
- Japan
(2%)
- France
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Churchill County:
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- German
(16%)
- English
(11%)
- Irish
(10%)
- United
States or American (7%)
- Italian
(6%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 8,119 (74%)
- Carpooled:
1,878 (17%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Taxi:
6 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
40 (0%)
- Bicycle:
50 (0%)
- Walked:
417 (4%)
- Other
means: 43 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 417 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Churchill County, Nevada
- 238
people in military barracks, etc.
- 116
people in nursing homes
- 48
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 5
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 4
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $51,325.
11.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,934 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
11.90% | | Nevada
average: |
9.02% |
0.58% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,571 average AGI)
| Churchill
County: |
0.58% | | Nevada
average: |
0.18% |
4.09% relocated from other counties in Nevada ($13,316 average AGI)
7.23% relocated from other states ($24,046 average AGI)
| Churchill
County: |
7.23% | | Nevada
average: | 7.68% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Washoe County, NV
|
1.93% ($41,304 average AGI) |
| from
Lyon County, NV
|
1.01% ($34,034) |
| from
San Diego County, CA
|
0.46% ($34,366) |
| from
Kings County, CA
|
0.29% ($28,538) |
| from
Clark County, NV
|
0.27% ($51,083) |
| from
Virginia Beach city, VA
|
0.27% ($39,792) |
| from
Los Angeles County, CA
|
0.19% ($45,765) |
10.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,147 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
10.80% | | Nevada
average: |
6.56% |
0.38% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,344 average AGI)
| Churchill
County: |
0.38% | | Nevada
average: |
0.10% |
3.82% relocated to other counties in Nevada ($19,692 average AGI)
6.60% relocated to other states ($23,111 average AGI)
| Churchill
County: |
6.60% | | Nevada
average: |
5.26% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Washoe County, NV
|
1.45% ($32,307 average AGI) |
| to
Lyon County, NV
|
1.02% ($102,652) |
| to
San Diego County, CA
|
0.31% ($34,333) |
| to
Clark County, NV
|
0.31% ($46,370) |
| to
Kings County, CA
|
0.21% ($39,444) |
| to
Elko County, NV
|
0.19% ($34,882) |
| to
Carson City, NV
|
0.16% ($86,643) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.2
Births
per 1000 population in Churchill County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Churchill County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Churchill County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,425 (2,999 aged, 426 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 23,569
- In
family households: 20,809 (5,382 male householders, 1,178 female householders)
5,441
spouses, 7,501 children (6,651 natural, 284 adopted, 566 stepchildren), 357 grandchildren, 139 brothers or sisters, 108 parents, 284 other relatives, 419 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,760 (1,204 male householders (984 living alone)), 1,170 female householders (1,014 living alone)), 386 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 413 (139 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,743 2-persons, 1,447 3-persons, 1,349 4-persons, 650 5-persons, 219 6-persons, 152 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,998 1-person, 353 2-persons, 23 3-persons.
4,863 married couples with children.
1,494 single-parent households (399 men, 1,095 women).
89.1% of residents of Churchill County speak English at home.
6.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 2% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $275,675,000 ($11319 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $147,711,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $78,944,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $24,848,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $365,000
Federal grants: $36,475,000
Federal procurement contracts: $71,429,000 ($67,857,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $63,614,000 ($58,606,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,541,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $17,359,000
Federal Government insurance: $46,326,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,132
| Here: |
87 per 1000 residents | | State: |
71 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,115
| Here: |
45 per 1000 residents | | State: |
37 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +201
| Here: |
+8 per 1000 residents | | State: | +27
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -607
| Here: |
-25 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+112 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Churchill County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.29 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: 293
- 1995
to 1998: 1,565
- 1990
to 1994: 1,365
- 1980
to 1989: 1,700
- 1970
to 1979: 2,053
- 1960
to 1969: 1,106
- 1950
to 1959: 599
- 1940
to 1949: 415
- 1939
or earlier: 636
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Churchill County, Nevada: |
- 1
room: 29
- 2
rooms: 140
- 3
rooms: 400
- 4
rooms: 712
- 5
rooms: 1,456
- 6
rooms: 1,402
- 7
rooms: 874
- 8
rooms: 515
- 9
or more rooms: 332
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Churchill County, Nevada: |
- 1
room: 70
- 2
rooms: 261
- 3
rooms: 475
- 4
rooms: 905
- 5
rooms: 620
- 6
rooms: 502
- 7
rooms: 138
- 8
rooms: 53
- 9
or more rooms: 28
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Churchill County: |
- no
bedroom: 87
- 1
bedroom: 348
- 2
bedrooms: 1,286
- 3
bedrooms: 3,195
- 4
bedrooms: 802
- 5
or more bedrooms: 142
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Churchill County: |
- no
bedroom: 121
- 1
bedroom: 646
- 2
bedrooms: 1,135
- 3
bedrooms: 847
- 4
bedrooms: 283
- 5
or more bedrooms: 20
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Churchill County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 177
- 1
vehicle: 1,320
- 2
vehicles: 2,408
- 3
vehicles: 1,390
- 4
vehicles: 377
- 5
or more vehicles: 188
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Churchill County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 330
- 1
vehicle: 1,258
- 2
vehicles: 1,137
- 3
vehicles: 272
- 4
vehicles: 35
- 5
or more vehicles: 20
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47% of Churchill County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Nevada.
| Churchill
County: |
46.5% | | State
average: |
39.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 6973
- Northeast:
1159
- Midwest:
2708
- South:
2517
- West:
8800
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (58%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood
(6%)
- Electricity
(6%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (69%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity
(12%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (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): 63
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 122
Churchill
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,433,000
- Charges
- All Other: $25,769,000
Parks & Recreation: $232,000
- Construction
- General: $6,272,000
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $18,942,000
Police Protection: $3,737,000
Regular Highways: $2,674,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,193,000
Central Staff Services: $1,934,000
Welfare - Other: $1,216,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,051,000
Corrections - Other: $909,000
Financial Administration: $506,000
General Public Buildings: $467,000
Libraries: $466,000
Fire Protection: $244,000
Natural Resources - Other: $157,000
Solid Waste Management: $50,000
Other Hospitals: $5,000
Health Services - Other: $2,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $40,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $234,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $441,000
Transit Utilities: $234,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $2,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $3,905,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $3,905,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $3,177,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,633,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,180,000
Special Assessments: $725,000
Interest Earnings: $246,000
Rents: $59,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $1,628,000
Fire Protection: $84,000
Police Protection: $37,000
Regular Highways: $31,000
Central Staff: $28,000
Parks & Recreation: $19,000
Judicial: $7,000
Libraries: $7,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $21,043,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $130,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $7,015,000
All Other: $1,208,000
Highways: $1,041,000
Public Welfare: $643,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,638,000
Motor Fuels Sales: $963,000
Total General Sales: $588,000
NEC: $366,000
Public Utilities: $161,000
Other Selective Sales: $7,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $7,396,000
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