Hopkins township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (23% naturalized citizens)
Hopkins township: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Hopkins 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, 63% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1981
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 195
- South: 121
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 880
- Two: 17
- Mobile homes: 7
Housing units in Hopkins township with a mortgage: 483 (39 second mortgage, 114 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 246
- Metal and metal products (24%)
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopkins township:
- German (32.8%)
- United States or American (15.2%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Macedonian (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (92%)
- Korea (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 999 (86%)
- Carpooled: 99 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
95.1% of residents of Hopkins township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,359- In family households: 2,186 (656 male householders, 76 female householders)
670 spouses, 652 children (611 natural, 24 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 16 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 173 (103 male householders (93 living alone)), 54 female householders (48 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 333 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 16 2-persons,
457 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (27 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 2.3% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 8.6% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
Here: | 36.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |