Black Oak township, Craighead County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Black Oak township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
62% of Black Oak 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, 64% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2045
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 202
- South: 213
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
31 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 873
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 178
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,200
Housing units in Black Oak township with a mortgage: 287 (23 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 253
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (32%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black Oak township:
- United States or American (49.9%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- German (8.5%)
- English (7.2%)
- European (3.3%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- Philippines (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 808 (80%)
- Carpooled: 153 (15%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
31 people in nursing homes
98.8% of residents of Black Oak township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,529- In family households: 2,231 (598 male householders, 151 female householders)
605 spouses, 717 children (647 natural, 5 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 23 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 298 (111 male householders (97 living alone)), 166 female householders (160 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 306 2-persons, 228 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 257 1-person, 19 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
432 married couples with children.
122 single-parent households (29 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.7% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 28.9% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |