Columbia township, Tyrrell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Columbia township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1940
- Northeast: 121
- Midwest: 87
- South: 174
- West: 122
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Columbia township, North Carolina:
- 427 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 669
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 46
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 15
- 20 to 49: 5
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 388
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 195 (7 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- United States or American (25.0%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- German (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
- Italian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (80%)
- Vietnam (13%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
- Cuba (2%)
- Canada (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 561 (64%)
- Carpooled: 216 (25%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 42 (5%)
- Other means: 18 (2%)
- Worked at home: 33 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Columbia township, North Carolina:
- 427 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.9% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
6.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 31% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 67% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,166- In family households: 1,888 (437 male householders, 204 female householders)
432 spouses, 618 children (580 natural, 13 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 41 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (102 male householders (94 living alone)), 159 female householders (157 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 433 (420 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 328 2-persons, 135 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 251 1-person, 9 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
297 married couples with children.
172 single-parent households (24 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 17.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 6.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |