Newport township, Carteret County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Newport township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Newport 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, 52% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4429
- Northeast: 1203
- Midwest: 615
- South: 1547
- West: 273
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Newport township, North Carolina:
- 252 people in state prisons
- 103 people in nursing homes
- 61 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,078
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 70
- 3 or 4: 55
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 1,103
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Newport township with a mortgage: 1,244 (128 second mortgage, 104 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 379
- Construction (21%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (2%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Construction laborers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newport township:
- United States or American (25.8%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- German (9.8%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (19%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Japan (12%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Guyana (7%)
- Korea (6%)
- Portugal (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,236 (81%)
- Carpooled: 602 (15%)
- Taxi: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 77 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Newport township, North Carolina:
- 252 people in state prisons
- 103 people in nursing homes
- 61 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of Newport township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,972- In family households: 7,021 (1,821 male householders, 452 female householders)
1,892 spouses, 2,347 children (2,123 natural, 61 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 59 other relatives, 235 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 951 (454 male householders (370 living alone)), 342 female householders (295 living alone)), 155 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 431 (331 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 909 2-persons, 654 3-persons, 445 4-persons, 191 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 665 1-person, 128 2-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,480 married couples with children.
516 single-parent households (127 men, 389 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 141
| Here: | 13.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
| Here: | 10.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 14.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |