Bear Creek township, Sevier County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 23 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Bear Creek township: | 22.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
50% of Bear Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3125
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 293
- South: 1932
- West: 363
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Bear Creek township, Arkansas:
- 133 people in nursing homes
- 21 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,938
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 106
- 3 or 4: 88
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 39
- 20 to 49: 38
- Mobile homes: 506
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Bear Creek township with a mortgage: 634 (13 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 517
- Food (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Food (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bear Creek township:
- United States or American (16.9%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- English (6.5%)
- German (4.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
- Norwegian (0.8%)
- French Canadian (0.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (95%)
- El Salvador (2%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- Canada (1%)
- United Kingdom (0%)
- Poland (0%)
- Panama (0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,036 (68%)
- Carpooled: 820 (27%)
- Walked: 63 (2%)
- Other means: 60 (2%)
- Worked at home: 37 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Bear Creek township, Arkansas:
- 133 people in nursing homes
- 21 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
68.4% of residents of Bear Creek township speak English at home.
31.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English not well, 43% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,376- In family households: 6,631 (1,515 male householders, 348 female householders)
1,358 spouses, 2,466 children (2,283 natural, 78 adopted, 105 stepchildren), 210 grandchildren, 154 brothers or sisters, 48 parents, 252 other relatives, 280 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 745 (197 male householders (146 living alone)), 426 female householders (397 living alone)), 122 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 167 (144 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 657 2-persons, 386 3-persons, 363 4-persons, 208 5-persons, 134 6-persons, 115 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 543 1-person, 52 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,523 married couples with children.
442 single-parent households (115 men, 327 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |