Newman township, Douglas County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Newman township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Newman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 960
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 89
- South: 98
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 484
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 20
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Newman township with a mortgage: 153 (7 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 166
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newman township:
- German (23.3%)
- United States or American (21.7%)
- English (17.3%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- Italian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (40%)
- Jordan (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 475 (84%)
- Carpooled: 65 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
57 people in nursing homes
98.3% of residents of Newman township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,146- In family households: 967 (261 male householders, 67 female householders)
264 spouses, 322 children (290 natural, 10 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 3 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 179 (59 male householders (55 living alone)), 107 female householders (98 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 153 1-person, 13 2-persons,
170 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (14 men, 50 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% |