Bloomington township, Muscatine County, Iowa (IA)

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Bloomington township, IA map Land area: 30.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Population: 23,568 (95% urban, 5% rural)

Males: 11,478	(48.7%)
Females: 12,090	(51.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 23,110 (17,162 owner occupied, 5,948 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	26%
State:	28%

Races in Bloomington township:

White Non-Hispanic: 85.5%
Black: 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 11.9%
Two or more races: 0.7%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 35.9
Median age of females: 37.5

Average houshold size: 2.51
Average family size: 3.05

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Population density: 768 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.7%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	2.6%
Whole state:	3.8%

Cities in this township include: Muscatine.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Church in Bloomington township: Spangler Chapel.

Cemetery: Friends Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 28 (57% naturalized citizens)

Bloomington township:	0.1%
State:	3.1%

58% of Bloomington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Iowa.

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

This state: 2045
Northeast: 45
Midwest: 279
South: 479
West: 221

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,000

Bloomington township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Bloomington township, Iowa

187 people in nursing homes
119 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
5 people in other group homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 983
One, attached: 11
Two: 18
3 or 4: 25
5 to 9: 8
10 to 19: 18
Mobile homes: 168
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800

Housing units in Bloomington township with a mortgage: 497 (26 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 41
1995 to 1998: 171
1990 to 1994: 158
1980 to 1989: 259
1970 to 1979: 300
1960 to 1969: 113
1950 to 1959: 69
1940 to 1949: 78
1939 or earlier: 46

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bloomington township, Iowa:

1 room: 4
2 rooms: 2
3 rooms: 29
4 rooms: 78
5 rooms: 408
6 rooms: 227
7 rooms: 167
8 rooms: 29
9 or more rooms: 33

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bloomington township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 15
3 rooms: 14
4 rooms: 57
5 rooms: 58
6 rooms: 22
7 rooms: 10
8 rooms: 12
9 or more rooms: 2

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bloomington township:

no bedroom: 4
1 bedroom: 18
2 bedrooms: 176
3 bedrooms: 703
4 bedrooms: 74
5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bloomington township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 34
2 bedrooms: 75
3 bedrooms: 69
4 bedrooms: 12
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 31
1 vehicle: 246
2 vehicles: 500
3 vehicles: 149
4 vehicles: 37
5 or more vehicles: 14

Cars and other vehicles available in Bloomington township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 6
1 vehicle: 99
2 vehicles: 68
3 vehicles: 13
4 vehicles: 4
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Furniture and related products (14%)
Food (12%)
Construction (8%)
Educational services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Utilities (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Furniture and related products (6%)
Food (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Child care workers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomington township:

United States or American (36.8%)
English (13.9%)
Irish (10.3%)
German (9.0%)
Scottish (2.6%)
Italian (2.2%)
Scotch-Irish (2.1%)

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

Mexico (36%)
Israel (21%)
Colombia (11%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Greece (7%)
Japan (7%)
Guatemala (7%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,300 (86%)
Carpooled: 141 (9%)
Walked: 10 (1%)
Other means: 16 (1%)
Worked at home: 43 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (59%)
Electricity (36%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (1%)

People in group quarters in Bloomington township, Iowa

187 people in nursing homes
119 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
5 people in other group homes

97.1% of residents of Bloomington township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,128

In family households: 2,869 (778 male householders, 147 female householders)
772 spouses, 1,018 children (893 natural, 28 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 26 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 259 (82 male householders (60 living alone)), 145 female householders (140 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 371 2-persons, 251 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 25 2-persons, 2 3-persons.

4,303 married couples with children.
1,433 single-parent households (340 men, 1,093 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33

Here:	8.8%
Iowa:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7

Here:	3.6%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

Here:	2.0%
Iowa:	25.4%

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)

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