Union township, Ross County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
51% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9569
- Northeast: 185
- Midwest: 398
- South: 1329
- West: 179
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Union township, Ohio:
- 4,507 people in state prisons
- 22 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 22 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 18 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,982
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 56
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 757
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 1,120 (95 second mortgage, 107 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 300
- Public administration (8%)
- Paper (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (24.4%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (8.9%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- African (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Nicaragua (29%)
- Cuba (21%)
- Germany (20%)
- Jamaica (18%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,857 (84%)
- Carpooled: 369 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (1%)
- Worked at home: 103 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Union township, Ohio:
- 4,507 people in state prisons
- 22 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 22 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 18 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 58% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,191- In family households: 6,553 (1,697 male householders, 375 female householders)
1,706 spouses, 2,449 children (2,132 natural, 81 adopted, 236 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 26 other relatives, 125 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 638 (234 male householders (160 living alone)), 268 female householders (221 living alone)), 136 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,607 (4,582 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 819 2-persons, 500 3-persons, 488 4-persons, 181 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 381 1-person, 110 2-persons, 9 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,545 married couples with children.
383 single-parent households (131 men, 252 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 142
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 122
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |