Arthur township, Pitt County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Arthur township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Arthur township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3611
- Northeast: 401
- Midwest: 224
- South: 397
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $101,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
72 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
33 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,242
- One, attached: 115
- Two: 132
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 67
- 10 to 19: 239
- Mobile homes: 334
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,200
Housing units in Arthur township with a mortgage: 845 (133 second mortgage, 72 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 216
- Construction (17%)
- Health care (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Arthur township:
- United States or American (15.0%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- German (5.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
- European (1.5%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (38%)
- Vietnam (19%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Spain (10%)
- Barbados (9%)
- Jamaica (8%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,177 (84%)
- Carpooled: 319 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
72 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
33 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
97.2% of residents of Arthur township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,833- In family households: 4,006 (943 male householders, 401 female householders)
996 spouses, 1,332 children (1,214 natural, 16 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 118 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 44 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 827 (251 male householders (219 living alone)), 455 female householders (367 living alone)), 121 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 523 2-persons, 401 3-persons, 295 4-persons, 77 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 586 1-person, 120 2-persons,
746 married couples with children.
269 single-parent households (46 men, 223 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 11.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 6.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |