Smiths township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Smiths township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
79% of Smiths 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, 53% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4691
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 53
- South: 147
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 945
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 30
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 849
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,500
Housing units in Smiths township with a mortgage: 359 (19 second mortgage, 57 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 348
- Construction (26%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smiths township:
- United States or American (3.0%)
- English (1.4%)
- German (1.1%)
- Ukrainian (0.7%)
- Irish (0.4%)
- Scottish (0.3%)
- African (0.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- India (22%)
- Ukraine (16%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (10%)
- Japan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,347 (74%)
- Carpooled: 411 (22%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.0% of residents of Smiths township speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,116- In family households: 4,733 (891 male householders, 426 female householders)
947 spouses, 1,809 children (1,754 natural, 48 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 316 grandchildren, 80 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 127 other relatives, 119 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 383 (162 male householders (148 living alone)), 181 female householders (150 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 448 3-persons, 343 4-persons, 187 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 298 1-person, 45 2-persons,
982 married couples with children.
435 single-parent households (98 men, 337 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 71
| Here: | 8.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 4.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |