Dismal township, Sampson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Dismal township: | 11.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Dismal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2819
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 97
- South: 185
- West: 88
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 814
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 12
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 627
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,700
Housing units in Dismal township with a mortgage: 332 (19 second mortgage, 79 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 211
- Construction (14%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dismal township:
- United States or American (19.5%)
- English (8.5%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- European (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- German (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- Honduras (5%)
- El Salvador (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Laos (3%)
- Korea (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,319 (78%)
- Carpooled: 251 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (1%)
- Walked: 50 (3%)
- Other means: 43 (3%)
- Worked at home: 16 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
81.2% of residents of Dismal township speak English at home.
16.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,684- In family households: 3,376 (796 male householders, 241 female householders)
760 spouses, 1,271 children (1,199 natural, 19 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 45 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 308 (123 male householders (104 living alone)), 144 female householders (138 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 395 2-persons, 261 3-persons, 248 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 242 1-person, 19 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
676 married couples with children.
186 single-parent households (38 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 3.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 7.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 8.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |