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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 433
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 22
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 394
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
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
- 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%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- 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%)
- 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%)
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:
- Drove a car alone: 942 (84%)
- Carpooled: 137 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 17 (2%)
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- In family households: 2,005 (539 male householders, 103 female householders)
565 spouses, 677 children (592 natural, 10 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 34 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (96 male householders (86 living alone)), 100 female householders (93 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
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% |