- Climate in Hays
- Average Daily Temperature
| January |
28.5 |
| July |
75.1 |
| April |
53.2 |
| October |
56.2 |
| Average
annual prep. |
21.85 inches |
| Average
annual snowfall |
19.78 inches |
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- Distance to Hays
| Chicago |
780 miles |
| Dallas |
588
miles |
| Denver |
335
miles |
| Kansas
City |
268
miles |
| Los
Angeles |
1,413
miles |
| Minneapolis |
730
miles |
| New
York |
1,469
miles |
| St.
Louis |
518
miles |
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- UTILITIES
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| Electric
Service Supplier: MidWest
Energy |
| Telephone
Service Supplier: Southwestern
Bell Telephone |
| Natural
Gas Supplier: MidWest
Energy |
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Water Supplier: City of Hays
- Source: Wells
- Capacity of water plant: 9,000,000
gal./day
- Average consumption: 2,100,000
gal./day
- Peak demand: 3,000,000 gal./day
- Storage capacity 3,550,000 gal.
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Sanitation
Type of sewage treatment plant:
Tricling Filter, Act. SLudge Inc. Tertiary treat.
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Population
|
Year |
City |
County |
| 1990 |
17,767 |
26.004 |
| 1980 |
16,301 |
26,098 |
| 1970 |
15,396 |
24,730 |
| 1960 |
11,947 |
21,270 |
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Community Services
- Financial Institutions:
- Number of banks in the city: 6
- Number of savings and loan firms: 1
- Health Care
- Number of Hospital Beds: 200
- Nearest Hospital: in city
- Housing
- No. of housing units build in last 2 years
- 63
- Average monthly rental
- Houses $450
- Apartments $350
- Adverage cost - new construction - $90
sw. ft.
- Adverage cost - lots - $15,000
- Vacancy rate: Houses 5%, Apartments 55
- Recreation Facilities
- Publicgolf course, public parks, public
tennis courts, public swimming pools, country club, 10 movie
theatres
- Religious Institutios:
- Protestant - 20
- Synagogues - 0
- Catholics - 5
- Other - 0
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- Work Force
- Labor Data for Ellis
County
| Civilian
Work Force |
17,410 |
| Employed |
16,965 |
| Manufacturing |
1,350 |
| Services |
4.775 |
| Government |
3,625 |
| Whls/Retail |
4,050 |
| Agriculture |
475 |
| Unemployed |
445 |
| Unemployed Rate |
2.6% |
- Hourly wage rates
in selected occupations
| Assembler,
Light |
$7.12 |
| Clerk,
General |
$8.49 |
| Industrial
Truck Operator |
$11.72 |
| Machine
Operator |
$7.86 |
| Mechanic,
Maintenance |
$9.17 |
| Welder,
Combination |
$15.24 |
| % of labor force
unionized |
6% |
| Work stoppages in
the past two years |
0 |
| Unemployed Rate |
2.6% |
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- Municipal Services
| Type
of local government |
Commission/Manager |
| Comprehensive
city plan: |
yes |
| City
zone adopted: |
yes |
| Full-time
fire department personnel |
22 |
| Volunteer
fire department personnel |
10 |
| Fire
insurance class in the city |
5 |
| Fire
insurance class outside the city |
9-10 |
| Full-time
policeman |
38 |
| Part-time
policeman |
0 |
| Full-time
sheriff patrolman |
8 |
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- Economic Development
Ellis County Coalition
for Economic Development
- Mr. LaVern Squier
- 1301 Pine St.
- Hays, KS 67601
- Ph: 785.628.3102
- Fax: 785.628.1471
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- Hays Area Chamber
of Commerce
- Ms. Gina Riedel
- 1301 Pine St.
- Hays, KS 67601
- Ph: (785) 628.8201
- Fax: (785) 628.1471
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