Taloga township, Morton County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Taloga township: | 8.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
60% of Taloga township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1219
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 158
- South: 541
- West: 278
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
52 people in nursing homes
5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 804
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 14
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 196
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,900
Housing units in Taloga township with a mortgage: 273 (13 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 243
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Taloga township:
- United States or American (22.4%)
- German (18.4%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- English (6.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (75%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Guyana (7%)
- France (1%)
- Korea (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 919 (80%)
- Carpooled: 154 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
52 people in nursing homes
5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
85.1% of residents of Taloga township speak English at home.
10.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,375- In family households: 2,112 (574 male householders, 86 female householders)
585 spouses, 774 children (703 natural, 17 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 18 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 263 (101 male householders (94 living alone)), 147 female householders (137 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 287 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 153 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 231 1-person, 17 2-persons,
569 married couples with children.
100 single-parent households (22 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |