Selma township, Johnston County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (9% naturalized citizens)
Selma township: | 11.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of Selma township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6684
- Northeast: 558
- Midwest: 200
- South: 1052
- West: 173
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in Selma township, North Carolina:
- 26 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,652
- One, attached: 115
- Two: 361
- 3 or 4: 133
- 5 to 9: 108
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 49
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 679
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Selma township with a mortgage: 1,136 (123 second mortgage, 134 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 551
- Construction (28%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Selma township:
- United States or American (22.7%)
- English (11.1%)
- German (4.2%)
- Irish (2.8%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
- African (1.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- Honduras (26%)
- Dominican Republic (2%)
- Other Northern Europe (1%)
- El Salvador (1%)
- Venezuela (1%)
- Nicaragua (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,952 (73%)
- Carpooled: 925 (23%)
- Taxi: 68 (2%)
- Walked: 59 (1%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
People in group quarters in Selma township, North Carolina:
- 26 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
84.2% of residents of Selma township speak English at home.
14.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (33% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,921- In family households: 8,620 (1,853 male householders, 823 female householders)
1,832 spouses, 2,913 children (2,716 natural, 22 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 280 grandchildren, 220 brothers or sisters, 87 parents, 342 other relatives, 270 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,301 (405 male householders (296 living alone)), 699 female householders (651 living alone)), 197 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 47 (44 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,071 2-persons, 730 3-persons, 477 4-persons, 208 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 125 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 947 1-person, 117 2-persons, 40 3-persons,
1,409 married couples with children.
860 single-parent households (163 men, 697 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
Here: | 3.4% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 1.1% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
Here: | 4.6% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |