Furr township, Stanly County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Furr township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Furr township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6770
- Northeast: 466
- Midwest: 437
- South: 922
- West: 113
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
2 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,574
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 956
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,500
Housing units in Furr township with a mortgage: 1,265 (156 second mortgage, 273 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 533
- Construction (21%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Furr township:
- United States or American (37.6%)
- German (15.0%)
- English (7.9%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (82%)
- Iran (7%)
- El Salvador (5%)
- Germany (4%)
- Korea (1%)
- Japan (1%)
- Canada (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,894 (81%)
- Carpooled: 758 (16%)
- Railroad: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 113 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.6% of residents of Furr township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 35% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,153- In family households: 8,239 (2,216 male householders, 416 female householders)
2,237 spouses, 2,879 children (2,490 natural, 66 adopted, 323 stepchildren), 138 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 49 parents, 137 other relatives, 133 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 914 (360 male householders (273 living alone)), 412 female householders (408 living alone)), 142 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,118 2-persons, 612 3-persons, 544 4-persons, 202 5-persons, 98 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 681 1-person, 69 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 1 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
1,840 married couples with children.
365 single-parent households (89 men, 276 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 79
| Here: | 6.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 6.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 13.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |