Shields township, Holt County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 192 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Shields township: | 191.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
64% of Shields township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6852
- Northeast: 299
- Midwest: 222
- South: 369
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,838
- One, attached: 450
- Two: 70
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 57
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 666
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,100
Housing units in Shields township with a mortgage: 1,492 (115 second mortgage, 174 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 498
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shields township:
- German (36.8%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Italian (9.1%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- English (5.8%)
- Polish (5.5%)
- Welsh (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (27%)
- India (14%)
- Korea (13%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Venezuela (4%)
- France (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,342 (81%)
- Carpooled: 446 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 46 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 100 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 144 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
93.9% of residents of Shields township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,567- In family households: 6,648 (1,828 male householders, 403 female householders)
1,960 spouses, 2,181 children (2,011 natural, 74 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 109 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 919 (352 male householders (293 living alone)), 424 female householders (375 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 582 (202 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 995 2-persons, 544 3-persons, 457 4-persons, 164 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 668 1-person, 73 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
48 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (0 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 136
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 83
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |