Capital township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Capital township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
51% of Capital township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 87793
- Northeast: 1813
- Midwest: 10243
- South: 6945
- West: 2386
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
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 Capital township, Illinois:
- 1,035 people in nursing homes
- 454 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 269 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 239 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 133 people in religious group quarters
- 98 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 83 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 71 people in state prisons
- 58 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 37 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 29 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 12 people in other group homes
- 10 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 10 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 3 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 32,640
- One, attached: 2,611
- Two: 3,211
- 3 or 4: 3,354
- 5 to 9: 3,258
- 10 to 19: 2,500
- 20 to 49: 1,089
- 50 or more: 2,712
- Mobile homes: 2,524
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Capital township with a mortgage: 19,119 (2,157 second mortgage, 2,573 home equity loan, 113 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,609
- Public administration (21%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (21%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Capital township:
- German (22.9%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (10.3%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Polish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (13%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Mexico (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 45,188 (81%)
- Carpooled: 6,254 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,291 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 26 (0%)
- Railroad: 21 (0%)
- Taxi: 83 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 262 (0%)
- Walked: 1,474 (3%)
- Other means: 233 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1,200 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Capital township, Illinois:
- 1,035 people in nursing homes
- 454 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 269 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 239 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 133 people in religious group quarters
- 98 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 83 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 71 people in state prisons
- 58 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 37 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 29 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 12 people in other group homes
- 10 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 10 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 3 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
95.9% of residents of Capital township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 109,653- In family households: 85,606 (20,117 male householders, 8,157 female householders)
20,452 spouses, 30,970 children (28,567 natural, 789 adopted, 1,614 stepchildren), 1,455 grandchildren, 695 brothers or sisters, 649 parents, 977 other relatives, 2,134 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24,047 (8,646 male householders (7,018 living alone)), 11,853 female householders (10,536 living alone)), 3,548 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,596 (1,546 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 12,839 2-persons, 6,679 3-persons, 5,304 4-persons, 2,332 5-persons, 791 6-persons, 329 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17,554 1-person, 2,565 2-persons, 261 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
15,572 married couples with children.
8,635 single-parent households (1,467 men, 7,168 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,184
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,025
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 599
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |