Bloomington City township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomington City township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
45% of Bloomington City township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 45951
- Northeast: 1737
- Midwest: 7986
- South: 4329
- West: 1755
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $160,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
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
People in group quarters in Bloomington City township, Illinois:
- 1,578 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 330 people in nursing homes
- 203 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 177 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 117 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 22 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 15,975
- One, attached: 1,106
- Two: 1,175
- 3 or 4: 2,260
- 5 to 9: 1,908
- 10 to 19: 2,612
- 20 to 49: 750
- 50 or more: 1,019
- Mobile homes: 1,716
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Bloomington City township with a mortgage: 11,320 (999 second mortgage, 1,358 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,077
- Finance and insurance (21%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Finance and insurance (26%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomington City township:
- German (27.0%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- English (8.3%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (28%)
- Mexico (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Canada (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Guatemala (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 28,704 (81%)
- Carpooled: 3,623 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 440 (1%)
- Taxi: 61 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
- Bicycle: 117 (0%)
- Walked: 1,243 (4%)
- Other means: 143 (0%)
- Worked at home: 958 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Bloomington City township, Illinois:
- 1,578 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 330 people in nursing homes
- 203 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 177 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 117 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 22 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
92.0% of residents of Bloomington City township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 62,595- In family households: 49,130 (12,138 male householders, 3,799 female householders)
12,672 spouses, 17,702 children (16,310 natural, 541 adopted, 851 stepchildren), 457 grandchildren, 502 brothers or sisters, 263 parents, 527 other relatives, 1,070 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13,465 (4,805 male householders (3,625 living alone)), 5,992 female householders (5,043 living alone)), 2,668 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,451 (595 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 6,855 2-persons, 3,658 3-persons, 3,339 4-persons, 1,452 5-persons, 525 6-persons, 108 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8,668 1-person, 1,781 2-persons, 261 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 9 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
11,528 married couples with children.
3,614 single-parent households (687 men, 2,927 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 939
| Here: | 13.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 371
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,978
| Here: | 38.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |