Jefferson township, Jefferson County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 13.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
55% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5297
- Northeast: 425
- Midwest: 523
- South: 1087
- West: 108
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,113
- One, attached: 159
- Two: 84
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 113
- Mobile homes: 1,070
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 1,155 (171 second mortgage, 156 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 679
- Public administration (17%)
- Construction (15%)
- Paper (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial managers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (25.6%)
- English (13.9%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- German (9.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.6%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- Italian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (31%)
- Canada (13%)
- Philippines (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- Japan (4%)
- Panama (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,135 (85%)
- Carpooled: 332 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 159 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
95.7% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,679- In family households: 6,538 (1,785 male householders, 514 female householders)
1,900 spouses, 1,917 children (1,792 natural, 57 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 102 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 89 other relatives, 174 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,141 (385 male householders (314 living alone)), 578 female householders (512 living alone)), 178 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 115 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,179 2-persons, 576 3-persons, 345 4-persons, 144 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 826 1-person, 129 2-persons, 8 5-persons,
527 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (22 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
| Here: | 22.9% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |