Fulton township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Fulton township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Fulton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1850
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 2377
- South: 109
- West: 141
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
128 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,578
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 126
- 5 to 9: 52
- 10 to 19: 21
- Mobile homes: 113
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Fulton township with a mortgage: 663 (70 second mortgage, 94 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 609
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Food (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fulton township:
- Dutch (34.2%)
- German (23.3%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- English (6.9%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (33%)
- Other Northern Europe (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Netherlands (12%)
- Korea (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,679 (81%)
- Carpooled: 266 (13%)
- Bicycle: 20 (1%)
- Walked: 63 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
128 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Fulton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,469- In family households: 3,858 (1,100 male householders, 234 female householders)
1,088 spouses, 1,303 children (1,190 natural, 28 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 20 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 611 (282 male householders (242 living alone)), 254 female householders (242 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 130 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 646 2-persons, 304 3-persons, 229 4-persons, 114 5-persons, 41 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 484 1-person, 44 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
846 married couples with children.
193 single-parent households (56 men, 137 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 74
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 46
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 64
| Here: | 43.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |