Harrisburg township, Saline County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Harrisburg township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Harrisburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9108
- Northeast: 102
- Midwest: 1237
- South: 995
- West: 176
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Harrisburg township, Illinois:
- 499 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 67 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 48 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,097
- One, attached: 74
- Two: 81
- 3 or 4: 133
- 5 to 9: 157
- 10 to 19: 38
- 20 to 49: 24
- 50 or more: 100
- Mobile homes: 662
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,700
Housing units in Harrisburg township with a mortgage: 1,460 (114 second mortgage, 74 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,358
- Construction (10%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Extraction workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrisburg township:
- United States or American (27.6%)
- German (15.3%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (25%)
- Mexico (18%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Egypt (9%)
- Germany (5%)
- Laos (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,812 (81%)
- Carpooled: 502 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 59 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 115 (2%)
- Other means: 31 (1%)
- Worked at home: 168 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Harrisburg township, Illinois:
- 499 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 67 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 48 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
96.5% of residents of Harrisburg township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,981- In family households: 8,992 (2,287 male householders, 823 female householders)
2,349 spouses, 2,910 children (2,552 natural, 80 adopted, 278 stepchildren), 149 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 80 parents, 69 other relatives, 241 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,989 (602 male householders (562 living alone)), 1,205 female householders (1,113 living alone)), 182 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 816 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,477 2-persons, 790 3-persons, 584 4-persons, 178 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,675 1-person, 112 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 3 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
1,628 married couples with children.
651 single-parent households (127 men, 524 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |