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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.7%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Alfalfa County is $388 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $451 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $612 a month.
Cities in this county include: Cherokee
, Helena
, Carmen
, Goltry
, Jet
, Aline
, Burlington
, Byron
, Amorita
, Lambert
.
Neighboring
counties: Barber County, Kansas
, Garfield County
, Grant County
, Harper County, Kansas
, Major County
, Woods County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Alfalfa County: Byron
State Fish Hatchery
(A),
James Crabtree Correctional Center
(B)
Churches in Alfalfa County include: Willow
Glen Church
(A),
Apostolic Church
(B),
Prairie Valley Church
(C),
Rosedale Church
(D),
Timber Lake Church
(E),
Union Valley Church
(F)
Cemeteries: Apostolic
Cemetery
(1),
Ware Cemetery
(2),
Eagle Chief Cemetery
(3),
Liberty Cemetery
(4),
Auburn Cemetery
(5),
Milan Valley Cemetery
(6),
Mennonite Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Great
Salt Plains Reservoir
(A),
Great Salt Plains Lake
(B),
Lambert Creek Site 1 Reservoir
(C),
Lambert Creek Site 2 Reservoir
(D),
Dog Pond
(E),
Oknoname 003001 Reservoir
(F),
Big Timber Lakes
(G),
Big Timber Lakes East
(H)
Rivers and creeks: Dry
Creek
(A),
Medicine Lodge River
(B),
Cottonwood Creek
(C),
Rush Creek
(D),
Clay Creek
(E),
Little Mule Creek
(F),
Stink Creek
(G),
Salty Creek
(H),
Sandy Creek
(I)
Parks in Alfalfa County include: Great
Salt Plains State Park
(1),
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
(2)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 170
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 42 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Alfalfa
County: |
0.7% | | Whole
state: | 3.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 5
- 1990
to 1994: 14
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 13
- 1975
to 1979: 4
- 1970
to 1974: 4
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 2
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Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 73.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 2,495
- One,
attached: 11
- Two:
12
- 3
or 4: 22
- 5
to 9: 4
- 10
to 19: 9
- 20
or more: 13
- Mobile
homes: 258
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Housing units in Alfalfa County with a mortgage: 509 (39 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 819 Agriculture
in Alfalfa County
Average size of farms: 693 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $107325
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $74.00
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 78.76%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $101051
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 44.47%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.73%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $95720
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.79%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.64
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.46%
Corn for grain: 380 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 155852 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 830 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 1065 harvested acresAlfalfa
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Oklahoma state average. It is 3.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/2/1956, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Public
administration (10%)
- Construction
(9%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Utilities
(4%)
- Mining
(4%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Finance
and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Farmers
and farm managers (19%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(81%)
- Other
Northern Europe (7%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
- Germany
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Alfalfa County:
|
- German
(24%)
- United
States or American (23%)
- English
(11%)
- Irish
(10%)
- Dutch
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 1,841 (79%)
- Carpooled:
256 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
4 (0%)
- Bicycle:
3 (0%)
- Walked:
89 (4%)
- Other
means: 8 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 124 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
- 981
people in state prisons
- 78
people in nursing homes
- 4
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,898.
5.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,131 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.89% | | Oklahoma
average: | 8.21% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.87% relocated from other counties in Oklahoma ($16,434 average AGI)
2.02% relocated from other states ($10,707 average AGI)
| Alfalfa
County: |
2.02% | | Oklahoma
average: | 3.36% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Garfield County, OK
|
1.01% ($30,412 average AGI) |
| from
Woods County, OK
|
0.83% ($21,143) |
7.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,739 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.00% | | Oklahoma
average: | 7.91% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.12% relocated to other counties in Oklahoma ($23,471 average AGI)
1.88% relocated to other states ($8,269 average AGI)
| Alfalfa
County: |
1.88% | | Oklahoma
average: | 3.11% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Garfield County, OK
|
1.35% ($26,087 average AGI) |
| to
Woods County, OK
|
0.76% ($32,846) |
| to
Major County, OK
|
0.71% ($38,500) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.7
Births
per 1000 population in Alfalfa County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Alfalfa County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Alfalfa County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,308 (1,194 aged, 114 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 5,028
- In
family households: 4,285 (1,263 male householders, 217 female householders)
1,301
spouses, 1,344 children (1,207 natural, 55 adopted, 82 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 16 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 743 (300 male householders (283 living alone)), 413 female householders (400 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,077 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 790 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 258 4-persons, 114 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 683 1-person, 30 2-persons.
961 married couples with children.
154 single-parent households (45 men, 109 women).
95.8% of residents of Alfalfa County speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $46,731,000 ($8043 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $804,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $17,805,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,990,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,150,000
Federal grants: $8,751,000
Federal procurement contracts: $565,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,470,000 ($141,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,614,000
Federal Government insurance: $25,697,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 219
| Here: |
38 per 1000 residents | | State: | 75
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 377
| Here: |
66 per 1000 residents | | State: |
52 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +4
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +10
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -215
| Here: |
-38 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Alfalfa County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.61 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: 15
- 1995
to 1998: 29
- 1990
to 1994: 49
- 1980
to 1989: 186
- 1970
to 1979: 312
- 1960
to 1969: 355
- 1950
to 1959: 299
- 1940
to 1949: 488
- 1939
or earlier: 1,099
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 12
- 3
rooms: 49
- 4
rooms: 261
- 5
rooms: 530
- 6
rooms: 435
- 7
rooms: 248
- 8
rooms: 139
- 9
or more rooms: 122
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: |
- 1
room: 5
- 2
rooms: 7
- 3
rooms: 26
- 4
rooms: 105
- 5
rooms: 111
- 6
rooms: 76
- 7
rooms: 35
- 8
rooms: 33
- 9
or more rooms: 5
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Alfalfa County: |
- no
bedroom: 4
- 1
bedroom: 71
- 2
bedrooms: 602
- 3
bedrooms: 868
- 4
bedrooms: 194
- 5
or more bedrooms: 57
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Alfalfa County: |
- no
bedroom: 7
- 1
bedroom: 39
- 2
bedrooms: 187
- 3
bedrooms: 126
- 4
bedrooms: 37
- 5
or more bedrooms: 7
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Alfalfa County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 70
- 1
vehicle: 498
- 2
vehicles: 724
- 3
vehicles: 303
- 4
vehicles: 138
- 5
or more vehicles: 63
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Alfalfa County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 46
- 1
vehicle: 156
- 2
vehicles: 116
- 3
vehicles: 62
- 4
vehicles: 19
- 5
or more vehicles: 4
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64% of Alfalfa County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Oklahoma.
| Alfalfa
County: |
63.8% | | State
average: |
52.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 4412
- Northeast:
40
- Midwest:
775
- South:
454
- West:
361
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (64%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (48%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity
(15%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 20
| Here: |
15.3% | | Oklahoma: | 16.6% |
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