Little Sioux township, Harrison County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 34 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Little Sioux township: | 33.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Little Sioux township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1692
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 357
- South: 296
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 834
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 14
- 50 or more: 1
- Mobile homes: 133
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Little Sioux township with a mortgage: 280 (20 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 276
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Little Sioux township:
- United States or American (42.4%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- German (7.2%)
- English (6.2%)
- European (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Italian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (84%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Poland (4%)
- Germany (3%)
- Philippines (2%)
- Korea (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 745 (70%)
- Carpooled: 213 (20%)
- Railroad: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 47 (4%)
- Other means: 23 (2%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (1%)
88.0% of residents of Little Sioux township speak English at home.
10.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (27% speak English very well, 73% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,573- In family households: 2,265 (610 male householders, 111 female householders)
586 spouses, 788 children (674 natural, 25 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 41 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 308 (89 male householders (77 living alone)), 192 female householders (186 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 317 2-persons, 166 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 263 1-person, 12 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
79 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (11 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |