Orient township, Faulk County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10,921 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Orient township: | 10921.2% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
59% of Orient township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17746
- Northeast: 9379
- Midwest: 1670
- South: 3265
- West: 766
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $279,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 11.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,358
- One, attached: 298
- Two: 2,082
- 3 or 4: 1,748
- 5 to 9: 1,178
- 10 to 19: 710
- 20 to 49: 959
- 50 or more: 1,269
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $275,000
Housing units in Orient township with a mortgage: 5,183 (506 second mortgage, 854 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,478
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Orient township:
- Irish (11.6%)
- Italian (9.6%)
- German (5.8%)
- English (5.4%)
- Russian (3.4%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (13%)
- Haiti (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
- Guyana (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,743 (59%)
- Carpooled: 1,514 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,551 (13%)
- Subway or elevated: 67 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,724 (9%)
- Taxi: 59 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 24 (0%)
- Walked: 816 (4%)
- Other means: 203 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,261 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
84.6% of residents of Orient township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 38,098- In family households: 31,839 (6,654 male householders, 3,172 female householders)
7,354 spouses, 11,823 children (11,145 natural, 440 adopted, 238 stepchildren), 730 grandchildren, 356 brothers or sisters, 249 parents, 662 other relatives, 839 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,259 (1,966 male householders (1,517 living alone)), 3,258 female householders (2,869 living alone)), 1,035 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 970 (285 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,542 2-persons, 2,408 3-persons, 2,369 4-persons, 985 5-persons, 366 6-persons, 156 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,386 1-person, 725 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 4 6-persons,
12 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (1 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 703
| Here: | 15.5% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 443
| Here: | 22.2% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 728
| Here: | 37.6% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |