Bolivar township, Poinsett County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Bolivar township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
57% of Bolivar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3183
- Northeast: 78
- Midwest: 281
- South: 586
- West: 121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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
People in group quarters in Bolivar township, Arkansas:
- 93 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 60 people in nursing homes
- 50 people in other types of correctional institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,187
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 72
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 14
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 436
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,400
Housing units in Bolivar township with a mortgage: 400 (34 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 418
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bolivar township:
- United States or American (39.1%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- German (8.2%)
- English (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
- European (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (92%)
- Germany (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,441 (83%)
- Carpooled: 230 (13%)
- Walked: 26 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Bolivar township, Arkansas:
- 93 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 60 people in nursing homes
- 50 people in other types of correctional institutions
96.2% of residents of Bolivar township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 44% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,121- In family households: 3,518 (956 male householders, 226 female householders)
950 spouses, 1,096 children (893 natural, 23 adopted, 180 stepchildren), 142 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 39 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 603 (187 male householders (138 living alone)), 301 female householders (298 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 202 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 502 2-persons, 357 3-persons, 194 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 436 1-person, 37 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
663 married couples with children.
238 single-parent households (50 men, 188 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |