Farmers township, Fulton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Farmers township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of Farmers township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 326
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 13
- South: 5
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 165
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Farmers township with a mortgage: 59 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (37%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Food (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Farmers township:
- Irish (18.6%)
- German (18.1%)
- English (13.8%)
- Dutch (10.6%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.9%)
- Canadian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 165 (87%)
- Carpooled: 13 (7%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 7 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (16%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
99.1% of residents of Farmers township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 366- In family households: 320 (97 male householders, 16 female householders)
89 spouses, 107 children (103 natural, 4 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (14 male householders (11 living alone)), 27 female householders (23 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 7 2-persons,
73 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (7 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |