Dewey township, Walsh County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 35 (7% naturalized citizens)
| Dewey township: | 34.9% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
64% of Dewey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 966
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 52
- South: 13
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 315
- Mobile homes: 131
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,600
Housing units in Dewey township with a mortgage: 119 (5 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dewey township:
- German (40.0%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- French Canadian (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Belarus (47%)
- Colombia (33%)
- Canada (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 372 (78%)
- Carpooled: 60 (13%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (3%)
97.5% of residents of Dewey township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,023- In family households: 927 (243 male householders, 49 female householders)
267 spouses, 312 children (278 natural, 2 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 1 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 96 (38 male householders (30 living alone)), 52 female householders (52 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 34 (17 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 82 1-person, 8 2-persons,
6 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 12.6% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 9.0% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 14.3% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |