Lawrence township, Lawrence County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (12% naturalized citizens)
Lawrence township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Lawrence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4350
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 1784
- South: 423
- West: 165
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Lawrence township, Illinois:
- 364 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,413
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 116
- 3 or 4: 88
- 5 to 9: 41
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 77
- 50 or more: 124
- Mobile homes: 250
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,300
Housing units in Lawrence township with a mortgage: 936 (67 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 801
- Health care (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Petroleum and coal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Health care (28%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lawrence township:
- German (23.9%)
- United States or American (22.7%)
- English (17.4%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- Jamaica (12%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,522 (86%)
- Carpooled: 264 (9%)
- Walked: 86 (3%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Lawrence township, Illinois:
- 364 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.9% of residents of Lawrence township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,434- In family households: 5,233 (1,513 male householders, 356 female householders)
1,525 spouses, 1,652 children (1,491 natural, 38 adopted, 123 stepchildren), 74 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 22 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,201 (323 male householders (270 living alone)), 783 female householders (749 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 391 (382 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 993 2-persons, 426 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,019 1-person, 87 2-persons,
950 married couples with children.
304 single-parent households (69 men, 235 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 1.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 46
Here: | 17.5% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 2.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |