Black River township, Harnett County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (25% naturalized citizens)
Black River township: | 10.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Black River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5107
- Northeast: 604
- Midwest: 373
- South: 955
- West: 166
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Black River township, North Carolina:
- 84 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,241
- One, attached: 101
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 134
- 5 to 9: 101
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 10
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 630
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,600
Housing units in Black River township with a mortgage: 1,228 (198 second mortgage, 183 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 357
- Construction (24%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black River township:
- United States or American (23.0%)
- English (12.9%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- German (6.8%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- Germany (3%)
- Canada (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
- Chile (2%)
- Ukraine (2%)
- Vietnam (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,246 (78%)
- Carpooled: 695 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 27 (1%)
- Walked: 37 (1%)
- Other means: 56 (1%)
- Worked at home: 106 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Black River township, North Carolina:
- 84 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
85.5% of residents of Black River township speak English at home.
13.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (31% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 42% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,999- In family households: 6,850 (1,683 male householders, 504 female householders)
1,706 spouses, 2,385 children (2,209 natural, 43 adopted, 133 stepchildren), 90 grandchildren, 149 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 131 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,149 (457 male householders (337 living alone)), 457 female householders (397 living alone)), 235 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 121 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 885 2-persons, 564 3-persons, 408 4-persons, 208 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 734 1-person, 155 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
1,444 married couples with children.
485 single-parent households (100 men, 385 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 3.9% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 2.0% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
Here: | 21.9% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |