Dawes township, Thurston County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Dawes township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
63% of Dawes 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, 41% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 241
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 99
- South: 1
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $132,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 156
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,800
Housing units in Dawes township with a mortgage: 18 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Construction (10%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (18%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (28%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dawes township:
- German (45.1%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- English (5.2%)
- Czech (4.6%)
- Swedish (4.3%)
- Danish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Yugoslavia (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 135 (79%)
- Carpooled: 15 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 16 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
95.4% of residents of Dawes township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 374- In family households: 311 (77 male householders, 25 female householders)
90 spouses, 99 children (88 natural, 7 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 63 (38 male householders (31 living alone)), 13 female householders (11 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 54 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
105 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (6 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |