Atkinson township, Holt County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Atkinson township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
70% of Atkinson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1449
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 136
- South: 71
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
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
61 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 720
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Atkinson township with a mortgage: 172 (15 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 251
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Atkinson township:
- German (52.9%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- United States or American (9.4%)
- English (7.0%)
- Czech (4.5%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
- Norwegian (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 657 (80%)
- Carpooled: 38 (5%)
- Walked: 70 (9%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
61 people in nursing homes
98.5% of residents of Atkinson township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,659- In family households: 1,377 (437 male householders, 29 female householders)
454 spouses, 431 children (407 natural, 11 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 282 (111 male householders (102 living alone)), 143 female householders (132 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 61 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 262 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 234 1-person, 15 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
376 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (14 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 48
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |