Blackhawk township, Rock Island County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Blackhawk township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Blackhawk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7195
- Northeast: 168
- Midwest: 2188
- South: 559
- West: 208
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
17 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,052
- One, attached: 63
- Two: 95
- 3 or 4: 122
- 5 to 9: 245
- 10 to 19: 195
- 20 to 49: 110
- 50 or more: 85
- Mobile homes: 575
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,600
Housing units in Blackhawk township with a mortgage: 1,680 (148 second mortgage, 221 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 920
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blackhawk township:
- German (29.2%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- English (7.1%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- Belgian (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (22%)
- Russia (22%)
- Mexico (17%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- India (6%)
- Italy (6%)
- Ecuador (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,450 (86%)
- Carpooled: 447 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 33 (1%)
- Walked: 95 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 109 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
17 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of Blackhawk township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,462- In family households: 8,899 (2,361 male householders, 673 female householders)
2,314 spouses, 2,926 children (2,632 natural, 116 adopted, 178 stepchildren), 242 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 68 other relatives, 228 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,563 (571 male householders (438 living alone)), 747 female householders (665 living alone)), 245 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,499 2-persons, 727 3-persons, 510 4-persons, 235 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,103 1-person, 193 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
1,560 married couples with children.
805 single-parent households (165 men, 640 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 241
| Here: | 22.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 51
| Here: | 13.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |