America township, Plymouth County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (26% naturalized citizens)
| America township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of America township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7829
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 1120
- South: 130
- West: 354
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in America township, Iowa:
- 179 people in nursing homes
- 52 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 52 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,758
- One, attached: 116
- Two: 122
- 3 or 4: 257
- 5 to 9: 183
- 10 to 19: 83
- 20 to 49: 140
- 50 or more: 44
- Mobile homes: 272
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in America township with a mortgage: 1,316 (121 second mortgage, 94 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 988
- Food (22%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in America township:
- German (53.1%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Dutch (7.5%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- English (4.6%)
- Norwegian (3.2%)
- Luxemburger (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (55%)
- South Africa (21%)
- Korea (9%)
- Other Southern Africa (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Spain (3%)
- Costa Rica (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,024 (84%)
- Carpooled: 418 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 131 (3%)
- Other means: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 191 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
People in group quarters in America township, Iowa:
- 179 people in nursing homes
- 52 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 52 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
96.2% of residents of America township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,372- In family households: 8,061 (2,176 male householders, 431 female householders)
2,164 spouses, 3,078 children (2,824 natural, 61 adopted, 193 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 42 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,311 (425 male householders (345 living alone)), 749 female householders (709 living alone)), 137 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 272 (249 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,170 2-persons, 512 3-persons, 538 4-persons, 276 5-persons, 100 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,054 1-person, 107 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
2,067 married couples with children.
495 single-parent households (118 men, 377 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 260
| Here: | 22.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 135
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 75
| Here: | 23.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |