Cooper township, Monona County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Cooper township: | 8.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Cooper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2862
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 83
- South: 284
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
73 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 950
- One, attached: 1
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 567
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,200
Housing units in Cooper township with a mortgage: 327 (17 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 297
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cooper township:
- United States or American (41.0%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (9.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.4%)
- German (7.3%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- India (19%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Thailand (5%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,228 (78%)
- Carpooled: 322 (21%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 10 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
73 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Cooper township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,446- In family households: 3,092 (906 male householders, 134 female householders)
856 spouses, 952 children (777 natural, 32 adopted, 143 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 66 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 354 (156 male householders (118 living alone)), 135 female householders (127 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 510 2-persons, 243 3-persons, 194 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 31 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
118 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (5 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |