Coopers township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Coopers township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Coopers 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, 73% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2551
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 114
- South: 269
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,036
- One, attached: 26
- Mobile homes: 272
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,300
Housing units in Coopers township with a mortgage: 530 (57 second mortgage, 102 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 219
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coopers township:
- United States or American (38.1%)
- English (19.6%)
- German (5.5%)
- Irish (3.3%)
- European (2.9%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,420 (89%)
- Carpooled: 109 (7%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 30 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
88.8% of residents of Coopers township speak English at home.
11.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,275- In family households: 2,962 (892 male householders, 112 female householders)
918 spouses, 837 children (797 natural, 0 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 96 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 313 (126 male householders (107 living alone)), 161 female householders (155 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 510 2-persons, 270 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 262 1-person, 25 2-persons,
567 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (31 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 12.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 14.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |