Butler township, Platte County, Nebraska (NE)

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Butler township, NE map Land area: 30.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.4 sq. mi.
Population: 631 (all rural)

Males: 336	(53.2%)
Females: 295	(46.8%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 631 (512 owner occupied, 119 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	19%
State:	33%

Races in Butler township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.2%
Two or more races: 0.6%

Median age of males: 37.2
Median age of females: 39.9

Average houshold size: 2.57
Average family size: 3.13

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Population density: 21 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.6%
Whole state:	9.7%

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

This township:	2.9%
Whole state:	4.0%

Cities in this township include: Duncan.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Jackson Cemetery.

Creek: Prairie Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 5 (60% naturalized citizens)

Butler township:	0.8%
State:	4.4%

67% of Butler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Nebraska.

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

This state: 570
Northeast: 9
Midwest: 29
South: 11
West: 23

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,300

Butler township, Nebraska satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 264
Mobile homes: 19

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999

Housing units in Butler township with a mortgage: 107 (4 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 11
1995 to 1998: 16
1990 to 1994: 16
1980 to 1989: 0
1970 to 1979: 85
1960 to 1969: 29
1950 to 1959: 19
1940 to 1949: 13
1939 or earlier: 94

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Butler township, Nebraska:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 4
4 rooms: 30
5 rooms: 44
6 rooms: 64
7 rooms: 30
8 rooms: 15
9 or more rooms: 31

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Butler township, Nebraska:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 12
5 rooms: 4
6 rooms: 11
7 rooms: 2
8 rooms: 9
9 or more rooms: 11

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 2
2 bedrooms: 50
3 bedrooms: 104
4 bedrooms: 48
5 or more bedrooms: 14

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Butler township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 25
3 bedrooms: 10
4 bedrooms: 2
5 or more bedrooms: 12

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

no vehicle: 7
1 vehicle: 58
2 vehicles: 76
3 vehicles: 44
4 vehicles: 30
5 or more vehicles: 3

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

no vehicle: 4
1 vehicle: 19
2 vehicles: 17
3 vehicles: 9
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Machinery (20%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
Transportation equipment (13%)
Truck transportation (7%)
Construction (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
Utilities (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Machinery (12%)
Educational services (10%)
Health care (10%)
Public administration (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
Farmers and farm managers (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)

Most common occupations for females

Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
Cashiers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Butler township:

Polish (35.1%)
German (26.5%)
Irish (9.5%)
Swiss (7.4%)
French (except Basque) (3.7%)
United States or American (3.7%)
Czech (3.5%)

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

Other Western Europe (60%)
Guatemala (40%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 270 (74%)
Carpooled: 67 (18%)
Walked: 9 (2%)
Other means: 2 (1%)
Worked at home: 18 (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (49%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
Utility gas (5%)
Other fuel (2%)
Wood (1%)

95.2% of residents of Butler township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 652

In family households: 567 (173 male householders, 19 female householders)
174 spouses, 190 children (161 natural, 10 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 85 (44 male householders (35 living alone)), 28 female householders (25 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 93 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons.

159 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (4 men, 13 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6

Here:	6.8%
Nebraska:	14.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6

Here:	12.8%
Nebraska:	10.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Nebraska:	20.0%

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)

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