Cowley County, Kansas (KS)

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• • 26,57876.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,14711.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,3486.8%Two or more races
  • 6681.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6051.7%Asian alone
  • 3501.0%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 760.2%Some other race alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 19
• Burglaries: 44
• Thefts: 69
• Auto thefts: 17

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 17
• Burglaries: 37
• Thefts: 56
• Auto thefts: 10

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,986 (1.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,447 (1.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cowley County is $406 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $497 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.

Cities in this county include: Winfield, Arkansas City, Udall, Burden, Parkerfield, Dexter, Atlanta, Cambridge.

Neighboring counties: Coconino County, Arizona , Gallatin County, Illinois , Jessamine County, Kentucky , Meade County , Ohio County, Kentucky , Stevens County .

Current college students: 2,584
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,399 (53.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1992010 or later
• 3212000 to 2009
• 4101990 to 1999
• 3531980 to 1989
• 751970 to 1979
• 49Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,966
• One, attached: 106
• Two: 518
• 3 or 4: 544
• 5 to 9: 362
• 10 to 19: 188
• 20 to 49: 282
• 50 or more: 282
• Mobile homes: 1,438
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

Housing units in Cowley County with a mortgage: 5,086 (227 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 163 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108

Religion statistics for Cowley County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cowley County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kansas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4504, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 28, 2019, FEMA Id: 4449, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: October 4, 2018 - October 15, 2018, FEMA Id: 4417, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 02, 2016 to September 12, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4287: October 20, 2016, FEMA Id: 4287, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Kansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2015 to June 21, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4230: July 20, 2015, FEMA Id: 4230, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 22, 2013 to August 16, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4150: October 22, 2013, FEMA Id: 4150, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 22, 2009 to January 08, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1885: March 09, 2010, FEMA Id: 1885, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 25, 2009 to May 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1849: June 25, 2009, FEMA Id: 1849, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Kansas Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow, Incident Period: March 26, 2009 to March 29, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1848: June 24, 2009, FEMA Id: 1848, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• Kansas Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: September 11, 2008 to September 17, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1808: October 31, 2008, FEMA Id: 1808, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.09% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($41,319 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.20% relocated from other counties in Kansas ($20,605 average AGI)
2.89% relocated from other states ($20,715 average AGI)

Cowley County:	2.89%
Kansas average:	3.37%

from Sedgwick County, KS	1.21% ($43,987 average AGI)
from Sumner County, KS	0.42% ($40,509)
from Kay County, OK	0.39% ($30,000)
from Butler County, KS	0.37% ($40,085)
from Shawnee County, KS	0.22% ($15,321)

5.66% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($44,337 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.91% relocated to other counties in Kansas ($22,115 average AGI)
2.75% relocated to other states ($22,222 average AGI)

Cowley County:	2.75%
Kansas average:	3.62%

to Sedgwick County, KS	1.23% ($43,307 average AGI)
to Kay County, OK	0.44% ($45,545)
to Sumner County, KS	0.39% ($44,143)
to Butler County, KS	0.29% ($44,972)
to Johnson County, KS	0.18% ($54,182)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cowley County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,294 (2,198 living alone), Female householders: 7,112 (2,303 living alone)

• 6,064 spouses (6,028 opposite-sex spouses), 887 unmarried partners, (835 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,564 children (8,758 natural, 192 adopted, 620 stepchildren), 722 grandchildren, 302 brothers or sisters, 190 parents, 102 foster children, 357 other relatives, 747 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,300

Size of family households: 4,058 2-persons, 1,515 3-persons, 1,499 4-persons, 668 5-persons, 387 6-persons, 124 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,499 1-person, 542 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 22 4-persons.

4,301 married couples with children.
2,590 single-parent households (827 men, 1,763 women).

95.4% of residents of Cowley speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 51% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $268,098,000 ($7,495 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $67,783,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $95,612,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $49,985,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,266,000
Federal grants: $41,290,000
Federal procurement contracts: $69,567,000 ($63,312,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,379,000 ($385,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,565,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,604,000
Federal Government insurance: $25,963,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-42 per 1000 residents
State:	-21 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.90 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% from surface)

• Year house built in Cowley County, Kansas
• 452020 or later
• 4442010 to 2019
• 1,1072000 to 2009
• 1,4721990 to 1999
• 1,6011980 to 1989
• 2,0021970 to 1979
• 1,2821960 to 1969
• 2,4531950 to 1959
• 7381940 to 1949
• 4,3271939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cowley County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cowley County, Kansas
• 111 room
• 922 rooms
• 2273 rooms
• 1,0304 rooms
• 1,6275 rooms
• 2,0636 rooms
• 1,8197 rooms
• 1,0508 rooms
• 1,6989+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cowley County, Kansas
• 421 room
• 1552 rooms
• 6063 rooms
• 1,2274 rooms
• 7965 rooms
• 4596 rooms
• 1777 rooms
• 1868 rooms
• 1439+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cowley County, Kansas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cowley County, Kansas
• 10no bedroom
• 2971 bedroom
• 2,4292 bedrooms
• 4,4873 bedrooms
• 1,9124 bedrooms
• 4535+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cowley County, Kansas
• 64no bedroom
• 9021 bedroom
• 1,7162 bedrooms
• 8923 bedrooms
• 2054 bedrooms
• 215+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cowley County, Kansas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cowley County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 145no vehicle
• 2,4041 vehicle
• 3,3302 vehicles
• 2,2303 vehicles
• 9504 vehicles
• 5475+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cowley County in renter-occupied apartments
• 712no vehicle
• 2,0181 vehicle
• 8032 vehicles
• 2263 vehicles
• 444 vehicles
• 95+ vehicles

89.2% of Cowley County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 24,285
• Other state: 8,777
• Northeast: 707
• Midwest: 2,329
• South: 3,915
• West: 1,870

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 726
• Number of aged recipients: 44
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 682
• Number of recipients under 18: 102
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 509
• Number of recipients older than 64: 115
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 293
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 311