Girard township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Girard township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Girard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2259
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 172
- South: 124
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
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
94 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 772
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 71
- 5 to 9: 18
- Mobile homes: 157
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,500
Housing units in Girard township with a mortgage: 383 (40 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 195
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Extraction workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Girard township:
- German (25.4%)
- English (20.9%)
- United States or American (17.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 993 (77%)
- Carpooled: 214 (17%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
94 people in nursing homes
98.6% of residents of Girard township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,560- In family households: 2,154 (540 male householders, 166 female householders)
522 spouses, 851 children (768 natural, 15 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 11 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 406 (169 male householders (142 living alone)), 177 female householders (153 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 93 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 301 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 153 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 24 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 295 1-person, 47 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
465 married couples with children.
166 single-parent households (48 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |