China township, Lee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
China township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of China township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1262
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 111
- South: 35
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
113 people in nursing homes
6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 439
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 2
- 20 to 49: 41
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in China township with a mortgage: 179 (19 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Food (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in China township:
- German (38.3%)
- English (14.5%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Other South America (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 520 (84%)
- Carpooled: 68 (11%)
- Walked: 19 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 9 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
113 people in nursing homes
6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
98.4% of residents of China township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,319- In family households: 1,152 (303 male householders, 49 female householders)
291 spouses, 461 children (422 natural, 10 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 2 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 167 (65 male householders (44 living alone)), 77 female householders (77 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 121 (116 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 156 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
273 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (28 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
Here: | 12.6% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 8.1% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 14.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |