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Back Swamp township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (32% naturalized citizens)

Back Swamp township:

0.7%
Whole state:

5.3%

58% of Back Swamp township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1551
  • Northeast: 34
  • Midwest: 155
  • South: 295
  • West: 135

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.3%

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

People in group quarters in Back Swamp township, North Carolina:

  • 605 people in state prisons
  • 385 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Back Swamp township, NC map Back Swamp township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $39,300


Housing units in Back Swamp township with a mortgage: 232 (4 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 79

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 54
  • 1995 to 1998: 106
  • 1990 to 1994: 74
  • 1980 to 1989: 274
  • 1970 to 1979: 206
  • 1960 to 1969: 82
  • 1950 to 1959: 34
  • 1940 to 1949: 22
  • 1939 or earlier: 29

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Back Swamp township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 3
  • 2 rooms: 7
  • 3 rooms: 5
  • 4 rooms: 111
  • 5 rooms: 219
  • 6 rooms: 169
  • 7 rooms: 77
  • 8 rooms: 37
  • 9 or more rooms: 22

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Back Swamp township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 14
  • 3 rooms: 22
  • 4 rooms: 61
  • 5 rooms: 56
  • 6 rooms: 15
  • 7 rooms: 10
  • 8 rooms: 5
  • 9 or more rooms: 3

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Back Swamp township:

  • no bedroom: 4
  • 1 bedroom: 16
  • 2 bedrooms: 118
  • 3 bedrooms: 444
  • 4 bedrooms: 56
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 12

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Back Swamp township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 39
  • 2 bedrooms: 85
  • 3 bedrooms: 53
  • 4 bedrooms: 9
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Back Swamp township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 18
  • 1 vehicle: 154
  • 2 vehicles: 303
  • 3 vehicles: 116
  • 4 vehicles: 47
  • 5 or more vehicles: 12

Cars and other vehicles available in Back Swamp township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 17
  • 1 vehicle: 90
  • 2 vehicles: 62
  • 3 vehicles: 11
  • 4 vehicles: 6
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (29%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
  • Apparel (6%)
  • Leather and allied products (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (23%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (9%)
  • Apparel (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Construction (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (9%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Back Swamp township:

  • United States or American (31.7%)
  • Irish (14.1%)
  • English (9.4%)
  • German (8.7%)
  • French (except Basque) (4.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
  • Italian (3.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (30%)
  • Mexico (27%)
  • Sweden (8%)
  • Russia (8%)
  • Laos (8%)
  • Thailand (8%)
  • Germany (5%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (46%)
  • Electricity (36%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
  • Wood (1%)

People in group quarters in Back Swamp township, North Carolina:

  • 605 people in state prisons
  • 385 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

96.4% of residents of Back Swamp township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (25% speak English very well, 63% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,226

Size of family households: 257 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 152 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 179 1-person, 12 2-persons, 5 3-persons,

635 married couples with children.
473 single-parent households (107 men, 366 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here:

0.8%
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:

7.3%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Back Swamp township:

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