Canton township, Fulton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
Canton township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
53% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13570
- Northeast: 157
- Midwest: 1046
- South: 698
- West: 237
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Canton township, Illinois:
- 1,947 people in state prisons
- 282 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 20 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in institutions for the blind
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,005
- One, attached: 70
- Two: 186
- 3 or 4: 286
- 5 to 9: 235
- 10 to 19: 131
- 20 to 49: 58
- 50 or more: 197
- Mobile homes: 249
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 2,079 (104 second mortgage, 221 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,807
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (26.2%)
- United States or American (20.3%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Croatian (2.7%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (27%)
- Germany (15%)
- India (9%)
- Japan (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Dominican Republic (5%)
- Nigeria (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,676 (80%)
- Carpooled: 840 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 19 (0%)
- Walked: 115 (2%)
- Other means: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 120 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Canton township, Illinois:
- 1,947 people in state prisons
- 282 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 20 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in institutions for the blind
97.3% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (17% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 42% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,691- In family households: 11,251 (3,030 male householders, 823 female householders)
3,053 spouses, 3,754 children (3,389 natural, 81 adopted, 284 stepchildren), 140 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 55 other relatives, 323 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,440 (767 male householders (648 living alone)), 1,353 female householders (1,242 living alone)), 320 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,299 (2,261 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,921 2-persons, 853 3-persons, 691 4-persons, 286 5-persons, 69 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,890 1-person, 183 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
2,125 married couples with children.
859 single-parent households (205 men, 654 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
Here: | 4.3% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
Here: | 4.2% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 69
Here: | 12.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |