Putman township, Fulton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Putman township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Putman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1883
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 109
- South: 73
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
49 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 865
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,900
Housing units in Putman township with a mortgage: 345 (44 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 312
- Public administration (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Putman township:
- German (22.9%)
- United States or American (20.7%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Norwegian (2.9%)
- Italian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- France (27%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 753 (83%)
- Carpooled: 127 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (2%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
49 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Putman township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,092- In family households: 1,837 (520 male householders, 121 female householders)
514 spouses, 555 children (483 natural, 30 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 22 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 255 (100 male householders (86 living alone)), 129 female householders (120 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 49 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 314 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 67 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 206 1-person, 20 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
332 married couples with children.
114 single-parent households (26 men, 88 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |