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Cotton township, Switzerland County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)

Cotton township:

0.3%
Whole state:

3.1%

54% of Cotton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 918
  • Northeast: 49
  • Midwest: 287
  • South: 263
  • West: 63

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%

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
Cotton township, IN map Cotton township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $57,600


Housing units in Cotton township with a mortgage: 135 (0 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 33
  • 1995 to 1998: 116
  • 1990 to 1994: 76
  • 1980 to 1989: 75
  • 1970 to 1979: 101
  • 1960 to 1969: 62
  • 1950 to 1959: 21
  • 1940 to 1949: 25
  • 1939 or earlier: 92

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cotton township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 24
  • 4 rooms: 62
  • 5 rooms: 136
  • 6 rooms: 122
  • 7 rooms: 82
  • 8 rooms: 25
  • 9 or more rooms: 11

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cotton township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 34
  • 5 rooms: 20
  • 6 rooms: 16
  • 7 rooms: 6
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cotton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 18
  • 2 bedrooms: 122
  • 3 bedrooms: 281
  • 4 bedrooms: 41
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cotton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 34
  • 3 bedrooms: 26
  • 4 bedrooms: 22
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Cotton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 12
  • 1 vehicle: 76
  • 2 vehicles: 209
  • 3 vehicles: 116
  • 4 vehicles: 15
  • 5 or more vehicles: 34

Cars and other vehicles available in Cotton township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 46
  • 2 vehicles: 30
  • 3 vehicles: 6
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (22%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Wood products (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Utilities (4%)
  • Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (31%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Woodworkers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Cotton township:

  • United States or American (30.8%)
  • German (22.1%)
  • Irish (17.1%)
  • English (6.6%)
  • French (except Basque) (4.5%)
  • Scottish (3.2%)
  • Dutch (2.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • United Kingdom (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (44%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
  • Wood (6%)
  • No fuel used (2%)

98.8% of residents of Cotton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,590

Size of family households: 183 2-persons, 116 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 76 1-person, 10 2-persons,

291 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (42 men, 35 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here:

3.1%
Indiana:

11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Indiana:

8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here:

30.0%
Indiana:

23.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Cotton township:

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