Limestone township, Duplin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Limestone township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Limestone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% 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: 5042
- Northeast: 202
- Midwest: 140
- South: 458
- West: 103
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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
78 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,659
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 1,071
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,900
Housing units in Limestone township with a mortgage: 595 (38 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 476
- Construction (25%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Limestone township:
- United States or American (40.0%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- English (6.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- German (2.6%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Scottish (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (86%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Germany (3%)
- Costa Rica (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,220 (76%)
- Carpooled: 501 (17%)
- Walked: 44 (2%)
- Other means: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 122 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
78 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in other group homes
92.5% of residents of Limestone township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,170- In family households: 5,339 (1,394 male householders, 391 female householders)
1,461 spouses, 1,776 children (1,595 natural, 3 adopted, 178 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 61 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 76 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 831 (259 male householders (202 living alone)), 435 female householders (403 living alone)), 137 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 72 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 776 2-persons, 459 3-persons, 361 4-persons, 122 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 605 1-person, 71 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
1,121 married couples with children.
356 single-parent households (77 men, 279 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 8.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 12.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
| Here: | 14.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |