Plymouth township, Washington County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Plymouth township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Plymouth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6231
- Northeast: 430
- Midwest: 96
- South: 537
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Plymouth township, North Carolina:
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,159
- One, attached: 56
- Two: 257
- 3 or 4: 85
- 5 to 9: 51
- Mobile homes: 672
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in Plymouth township with a mortgage: 761 (67 second mortgage, 115 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 758
- Paper (21%)
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plymouth township:
- United States or American (25.0%)
- English (7.3%)
- Irish (2.4%)
- Italian (1.5%)
- German (1.0%)
- African (0.5%)
- Hungarian (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (28%)
- Vietnam (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
- Japan (11%)
- Other Northern Europe (10%)
- Guatemala (10%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,237 (80%)
- Carpooled: 440 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (1%)
- Taxi: 22 (1%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Plymouth township, North Carolina:
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.8% of residents of Plymouth township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 68% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,339- In family households: 6,366 (1,386 male householders, 740 female householders)
1,366 spouses, 2,250 children (2,007 natural, 88 adopted, 155 stepchildren), 357 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 69 parents, 108 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 973 (283 male householders (227 living alone)), 576 female householders (552 living alone)), 114 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 164 (110 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 992 2-persons, 503 3-persons, 393 4-persons, 153 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 779 1-person, 54 2-persons, 26 3-persons,
976 married couples with children.
834 single-parent households (69 men, 765 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 8.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 3.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 7.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |