Smith township, Duplin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Smith township: | 8.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Smith township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2016
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 43
- South: 146
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
23 people in homes for the physically handicapped
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 651
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 326
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in Smith township with a mortgage: 248 (0 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 211
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (20%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Truck transportation (2%)
- Health care (30%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smith township:
- United States or American (38.8%)
- English (5.8%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- German (2.3%)
- Brazilian (1.5%)
- African (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (77%)
- Brazil (13%)
- Honduras (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 775 (67%)
- Carpooled: 369 (32%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- No fuel used (1%)
23 people in homes for the physically handicapped
8 people in other group homes
90.7% of residents of Smith township speak English at home.
8.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 54% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,459- In family households: 2,251 (553 male householders, 167 female householders)
577 spouses, 797 children (752 natural, 18 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 39 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 208 (80 male householders (80 living alone)), 104 female householders (93 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 286 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 149 4-persons, 120 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 173 1-person, 11 2-persons,
387 married couples with children.
123 single-parent households (30 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 3.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 27.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |