Black River township, Lawrence County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Black River township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
61% of Black River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 383
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 73
- South: 42
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- Mobile homes: 92
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Black River township with a mortgage: 49 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Construction (30%)
- Metal and metal products (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (2%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (2%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (21%)
- Health care (21%)
- Retail florists (15%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (24%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (21%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (9%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (21%)
- Art and design workers (15%)
- Health technologists and technicians (15%)
- Child care workers (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black River township:
- United States or American (31.6%)
- English (27.4%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Scottish (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- German (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 166 (85%)
- Carpooled: 18 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.6% of residents of Black River township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 518- In family households: 424 (138 male householders, 0 female householders)
127 spouses, 131 children (113 natural, 3 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (40 male householders (34 living alone)), 39 female householders (30 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 67 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 14 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
94 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (2 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |