Keener township, Scott County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2,520 (7% naturalized citizens)
| Keener township: | 2520.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
63% of Keener township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7517
- Northeast: 380
- Midwest: 197
- South: 686
- West: 106
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,000
- One, attached: 129
- Two: 113
- 3 or 4: 81
- 5 to 9: 148
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 131
- 50 or more: 31
- Mobile homes: 1,013
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in Keener township with a mortgage: 1,143 (155 second mortgage, 170 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 998
- Construction (15%)
- Food (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Keener township:
- United States or American (14.5%)
- English (6.8%)
- German (5.2%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
- Italian (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (75%)
- Guatemala (12%)
- El Salvador (4%)
- Colombia (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
- Other Western Asia (1%)
- Nigeria (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,847 (68%)
- Carpooled: 1,434 (25%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 36 (1%)
- Walked: 174 (3%)
- Other means: 77 (1%)
- Worked at home: 91 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (4%)
72.7% of residents of Keener township speak English at home.
26.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 49% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,795- In family households: 10,112 (2,239 male householders, 799 female householders)
2,233 spouses, 3,112 children (2,893 natural, 15 adopted, 204 stepchildren), 220 grandchildren, 354 brothers or sisters, 129 parents, 479 other relatives, 547 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,683 (512 male householders (369 living alone)), 743 female householders (675 living alone)), 428 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 131 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,215 2-persons, 712 3-persons, 543 4-persons, 260 5-persons, 128 6-persons, 180 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,044 1-person, 123 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
24 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |