Raccoon township, Parke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Raccoon township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Raccoon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 679
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 33
- South: 39
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 249
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 74
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,700
Housing units in Raccoon township with a mortgage: 91 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Raccoon township:
- United States or American (31.9%)
- German (18.1%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (10.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- European (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 333 (84%)
- Carpooled: 39 (10%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.2% of residents of Raccoon township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 792- In family households: 740 (220 male householders, 33 female householders)
205 spouses, 213 children (201 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 19 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 52 (26 male householders (21 living alone)), 21 female householders (21 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 38 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person, 5 2-persons,
148 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): 17
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |