Ahoskie township, Hertford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Ahoskie township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Ahoskie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6893
- Northeast: 473
- Midwest: 129
- South: 828
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Ahoskie township, North Carolina:
- 143 people in nursing homes
- 86 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 43 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 43 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8 people in other group homes
- 5 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,430
- One, attached: 81
- Two: 288
- 3 or 4: 205
- 5 to 9: 86
- 10 to 19: 21
- 50 or more: 22
- Mobile homes: 432
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,700
Housing units in Ahoskie township with a mortgage: 843 (27 second mortgage, 227 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 804
- Construction (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ahoskie township:
- United States or American (15.2%)
- English (7.6%)
- Irish (2.9%)
- German (2.6%)
- African (1.5%)
- French (except Basque) (0.6%)
- Italian (0.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (24%)
- Costa Rica (15%)
- Russia (14%)
- Spain (13%)
- Dominican Republic (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- Germany (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,162 (69%)
- Carpooled: 731 (23%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (3%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 83 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Ahoskie township, North Carolina:
- 143 people in nursing homes
- 86 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 43 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 43 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8 people in other group homes
- 5 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in religious group quarters
96.7% of residents of Ahoskie township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,180- In family households: 7,074 (1,526 male householders, 785 female householders)
1,529 spouses, 2,487 children (2,311 natural, 15 adopted, 161 stepchildren), 363 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 118 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,106 (396 male householders (332 living alone)), 621 female householders (591 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 296 (205 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 993 2-persons, 598 3-persons, 428 4-persons, 191 5-persons, 95 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 923 1-person, 94 2-persons,
976 married couples with children.
827 single-parent households (131 men, 696 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 130
| Here: | 12.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 5.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
| Here: | 18.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |