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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $955 (1.1%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Baker County is $415 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $548 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $797 a month.
Cities in this county include: Baker City
, Huntington
, Haines
, Halfway
, Sumpter
, Richland
, Unity
, Greenhorn
, Hereford
, Wingville
.
Neighboring
counties: Adams County, Idaho
, Grant County
, Malheur County
, Union County
, Wallowa County
, Washington County, Idaho
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Baker County: Camp
Lee
(A),
Trinity Guard Station
(B),
Tucker Ranch
(C),
Twin Lakes Recreation Site
(D),
Two Color Guard Station
(E),
Two Color Horse Camp
(F),
Two Color Recreation Site
(G),
Union Creek Recreation Site
(H),
Walker Ranch
(I),
Amelia Trailhead
(J),
Weatherby Safety Rest Area
(K),
Wetmore Recreation Site
(L),
Anthony Lakes Shoreline Recreation Site
(M),
Antlers Recreation Site
(N),
Dutch Flat Creek Trailhead
(O),
Wing
(P),
Eagle Creek Forest Camp
(Q),
Eagle Forks Recreation Site
(R),
Yankey Sawmill
(S),
Auburn Sno-Park
(T)
Cemeteries: Unity
Cemetery
(1),
Wingville Cemetery
(2),
Bridgeport Cemetery
(3),
Greenhorn Cemetery
(4),
Whitney Cemetery
(5),
Big Creek Cemetery
(6),
Blue Mountain Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Dooley
Gulch Pond
(A),
Maxwell Pond
(B),
Soda Lake
(C),
De Vos Pond
(D),
Smith Lake
(E),
Meadow Lake
(F),
Downie Lake
(G),
Between Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Kitchen
Creek
(A),
Mid Slough
(B),
Kirby Creek
(C),
Middle Sister Creek
(D),
Milk Creek
(E),
Miller Creek
(F),
King Creek
(G),
Miners Creek
(H),
Mink Creek
(I)
Parks in Baker County include: Elkhorn
Wildlife Area
(1),
Ebell Picnic Area
(2),
Unity Lake State Park
(3),
Unity Forest State Park
(4),
Oregon Trail Historical Monument
(5),
Oregon Trail Monument
(6),
Harry M Hewitt Memorial Park
(7),
Farewell Bend State Park
(8)
Post offices: Hereford
Post Office
(A),
Bridgeport Post Office
(B),
Durkee Post Office
(C),
Oxbow Post Office
(D)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 284
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 304 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Baker
County: |
1.8% | | Whole
state: | 8.5% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 75
- 1990
to 1994: 55
- 1985
to 1989: 29
- 1980
to 1984: 0
- 1975
to 1979: 4
- 1970
to 1974: 24
- 1970
to 1974: 6
- 1965
to 1969: 111
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Mean travel time to work: 17.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 6,054
- One,
attached: 127
- Two:
163
- 3
or 4: 150
- 5
to 9: 158
- 10
to 19: 68
- 20
or more: 169
- Mobile
homes: 1,393
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 120
Housing units in Baker County with a mortgage: 1,617 (162 second mortgage, 110 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,272 Agriculture
in Baker County
Average size of farms: 1237 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $67453
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $146.23
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 76.14%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $62211
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 8.90%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 92.52%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $63215
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.34%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.64
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.82%
All wheat for grain: 4430 harvested acres
Vegetables: 2 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 32 acresBaker
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Oregon state average. It is 46.8 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction
(12%)
- Wood
products (7%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Motor
vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Accommodation
and food services (12%)
- Health
care (12%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Farmers
and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(31%)
- Germany
(12%)
- Canada
(10%)
- China,
excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- India
(7%)
- Panama
(5%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Baker County:
|
- English
(18%)
- German
(17%)
- United
States or American (11%)
- Irish
(9%)
- Norwegian
(4%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Scottish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,500 (68%)
- Carpooled:
909 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
2 (0%)
- Taxi:
17 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
9 (0%)
- Bicycle:
58 (1%)
- Walked:
356 (5%)
- Other
means: 74 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 702 (11%)
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People
in group quarters in Baker County, Oregon
- 177
people in state prisons
- 120
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73
people in nursing homes
- 19
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7
people in other group homes
- 4
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 4
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $38,753.
8.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,187 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.00% | | Oregon
average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.97% relocated from other counties in Oregon ($17,199 average AGI)
4.03% relocated from other states ($19,988 average AGI)
| Baker
County: |
4.03% | | Oregon
average: | 4.35% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Union County, OR
|
0.74% ($25,975 average AGI) |
| from
Deschutes County, OR
|
0.42% ($30,174) |
| from
Multnomah County, OR
|
0.28% ($32,600) |
| from
Umatilla County, OR
|
0.28% ($25,467) |
| from
Malheur County, OR
|
0.26% ($87,214) |
| from
Ada County, ID
|
0.24% ($39,846) |
| from
Grant County, OR
|
0.24% ($22,308) |
7.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,540 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.72% | | Oregon
average: | 7.91% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.67% relocated to other counties in Oregon ($12,811 average AGI)
4.06% relocated to other states ($13,729 average AGI)
| Baker
County: |
4.06% | | Oregon
average: |
3.37% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Union County, OR
|
0.85% ($28,022 average AGI) |
| to
Ada County, ID
|
0.56% ($25,033) |
| to
Multnomah County, OR
|
0.35% ($37,211) |
| to
Deschutes County, OR
|
0.30% ($28,875) |
| to
Umatilla County, OR
|
0.26% ($14,071) |
| to
Malheur County, OR
|
0.22% ($30,583) |
| to
Camden County, MO
|
0.19% ($10,700) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.8
Births
per 1000 population in Baker County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Baker County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.5
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Baker County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,628 (3,165 aged, 463 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 16,319
- In
family households: 13,765 (3,819 male householders, 861 female householders)
3,967
spouses, 4,430 children (3,878 natural, 183 adopted, 369 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 80 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 123 other relatives, 291 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,554 (1,008 male householders (819 living alone)), 1,205 female householders (1,105 living alone)), 341 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 422 (272 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,488 2-persons, 864 3-persons, 766 4-persons, 317 5-persons, 172 6-persons, 73 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,924 1-person, 241 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 3 4-persons.
2,783 married couples with children.
940 single-parent households (233 men, 707 women).
96.0% of residents of Baker County speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (16% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 44% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $122,068,000 ($7412 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,862,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $56,562,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $19,307,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,012,000
Federal grants: $28,451,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,436,000 ($23,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $14,301,000 ($428,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,678,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,215,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,240,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 804
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 65
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,042
| Here: |
64 per 1000 residents | | State: |
44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +60
| Here: |
+4 per 1000 residents | | State: | +20
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -252
| Here: |
-15 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+21 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Baker County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.13 millions of gallons per day (20% from ground, 80% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 94
- 1995
to 1998: 546
- 1990
to 1994: 463
- 1980
to 1989: 866
- 1970
to 1979: 1,451
- 1960
to 1969: 802
- 1950
to 1959: 1,024
- 1940
to 1949: 658
- 1939
or earlier: 2,498
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Baker County, Oregon: |
- 1
room: 9
- 2
rooms: 87
- 3
rooms: 201
- 4
rooms: 619
- 5
rooms: 1,121
- 6
rooms: 1,064
- 7
rooms: 731
- 8
rooms: 516
- 9
or more rooms: 472
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Baker County, Oregon: |
- 1
room: 52
- 2
rooms: 146
- 3
rooms: 294
- 4
rooms: 583
- 5
rooms: 403
- 6
rooms: 316
- 7
rooms: 93
- 8
rooms: 101
- 9
or more rooms: 75
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Baker County:
|
- no
bedroom: 12
- 1
bedroom: 285
- 2
bedrooms: 1,454
- 3
bedrooms: 2,080
- 4
bedrooms: 770
- 5
or more bedrooms: 219
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Baker County:
|
- no
bedroom: 80
- 1
bedroom: 425
- 2
bedrooms: 863
- 3
bedrooms: 508
- 4
bedrooms: 139
- 5
or more bedrooms: 48
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Baker County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 181
- 1
vehicle: 1,072
- 2
vehicles: 2,256
- 3
vehicles: 880
- 4
vehicles: 294
- 5
or more vehicles: 137
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Baker County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 319
- 1
vehicle: 901
- 2
vehicles: 637
- 3
vehicles: 172
- 4
vehicles: 24
- 5
or more vehicles: 10
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54% of Baker County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Oregon.
| Baker
County: |
54.1% | | State
average: |
48.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 8651
- Northeast:
422
- Midwest:
1486
- South:
857
- West:
4928
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,900 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (39%)
- Wood
(22%)
- Electricity
(18%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (40%)
- Electricity
(27%)
- Wood
(15%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- 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): 54
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 67
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 63
Baker
County government finances in 2002:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $941,000
- Charges
- All Other: $693,000
Parks & Recreation: $211,000
- Construction
- Judicial & Legal: $126,000
Parks & Recreation: $44,000
- Current
Operations - Health Services - Other: $2,504,000
Regular Highways: $1,424,000
Corrections - Other: $1,082,000
Police Protection: $943,000
Welfare - Other: $891,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $855,000
General - Other: $771,000
Financial Administration: $728,000
Central Staff Services: $655,000
Parks & Recreation: $275,000
Natural Resources - Other: $12,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $141,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $178,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $587,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $1,740,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,630,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $725,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $1,485,000
Other, NEC: $1,385,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $255,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $520,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,095,000
Interest Earnings: $289,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $390,000
Financial Administration: $107,000
Corrections - Other: $74,000
Police Protection: $65,000
Parks & Recreation: $51,000
Central Staff: $13,000
Judicial: $8,000
Health - Other: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,927,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,534,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,252,000
All Other: $2,005,000
Health & Hospitals: $1,878,000
General Support: $1,866,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,473,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $4,022,000
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