Laird township, Phelps County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Laird township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.4% |
65% of Laird township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 483
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 50
- South: 24
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 12
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Laird township with a mortgage: 61 (6 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 79
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Laird township:
- German (34.1%)
- Swedish (31.4%)
- English (7.4%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 231 (76%)
- Carpooled: 39 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (6%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.2% of residents of Laird township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 581- In family households: 515 (153 male householders, 16 female householders)
152 spouses, 182 children (173 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 66 (33 male householders (29 living alone)), 24 female householders (22 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 83 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
129 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (5 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 7.1% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Nebraska: | 20.0% |