Jefferson township, Little River County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
55% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2806
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 266
- South: 2267
- West: 181
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Arkansas:
- 124 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,690
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 140
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 76
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 60
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 300
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 636 (50 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 479
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (20.6%)
- English (7.9%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- German (4.2%)
- European (3.3%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (32%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Mexico (19%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- France (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,892 (81%)
- Carpooled: 328 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (1%)
- Other means: 45 (2%)
- Worked at home: 27 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Arkansas:
- 124 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
97.1% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,431- In family households: 4,662 (1,035 male householders, 488 female householders)
1,030 spouses, 1,714 children (1,587 natural, 33 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 140 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 50 parents, 97 other relatives, 94 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 769 (262 male householders (235 living alone)), 425 female householders (393 living alone)), 82 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 177 (124 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 642 2-persons, 387 3-persons, 331 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 628 1-person, 43 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
763 married couples with children.
463 single-parent households (70 men, 393 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 4.4% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
Here: | 10.1% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 3.7% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |