Sherman township, Cuming County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
81% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 597
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 35
- South: 0
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,600
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 19 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Food (9%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Food processing workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (53.4%)
- English (8.8%)
- Swedish (8.8%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- Norwegian (1.8%)
- Danish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 258 (74%)
- Carpooled: 27 (8%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (3%)
85.6% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
14.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 699- In family households: 682 (150 male householders, 43 female householders)
168 spouses, 295 children (286 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 17 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person,
162 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (4 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 112
| Here: | 84.8% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
| Here: | 57.9% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |