Whittington township, Garland County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Whittington township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
61% of Whittington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2638
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 267
- South: 86
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Whittington township, Arkansas:
- 205 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,082
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 54
- 3 or 4: 83
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,600
Housing units in Whittington township with a mortgage: 468 (23 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 345
- Food (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whittington township:
- German (41.2%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- English (9.8%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (21%)
- Vietnam (16%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Chile (11%)
- Honduras (10%)
- Korea (7%)
- Other Eastern Africa (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,225 (81%)
- Carpooled: 78 (5%)
- Bicycle: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 121 (8%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 67 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Whittington township, Arkansas:
- 205 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.8% of residents of Whittington township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,007- In family households: 2,649 (705 male householders, 134 female householders)
787 spouses, 937 children (859 natural, 32 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 358 (98 male householders (85 living alone)), 231 female householders (227 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 194 (172 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 359 2-persons, 168 3-persons, 178 4-persons, 128 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 312 1-person, 17 2-persons,
2,455 married couples with children.
763 single-parent households (200 men, 563 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |