Lakin township, Kearny County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Lakin township: | 9.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
60% of Lakin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1545
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 205
- South: 320
- West: 212
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
36 people in nursing homes
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 704
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 166
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Lakin township with a mortgage: 329 (33 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (11%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lakin township:
- German (29.3%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- European (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (84%)
- Germany (6%)
- Canada (4%)
- Korea (2%)
- United Kingdom (1%)
- Italy (1%)
- Other Western Africa (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 954 (83%)
- Carpooled: 118 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
36 people in nursing homes
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
83.9% of residents of Lakin township speak English at home.
14.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,497- In family households: 2,253 (559 male householders, 106 female householders)
553 spouses, 934 children (827 natural, 37 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 16 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (85 male householders (76 living alone)), 145 female householders (140 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 216 1-person, 14 2-persons,
622 married couples with children.
172 single-parent households (42 men, 130 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.1% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |