Colly township, Bladen County, North Carolina (NC)

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Colly township, NC map Land area: 91.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.9 sq. mi.
Population: 1,870 (all rural)

Males: 1,009	(54.0%)
Females: 861	(46.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 1,692 (1,386 owner occupied, 306 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	31%

Races in Colly township:

White Non-Hispanic: 62.4%
Black: 32.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Asian: 0.2%
Two or more races: 0.3%

Median age of males: 35.5
Median age of females: 41.0

Average houshold size: 2.42
Average family size: 2.92

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Population density: 20 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	18.0%
Whole state:	12.3%

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

This township:	7.2%
Whole state:	5.5%

Cities in this township include: White Lake.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable location: Group Camp.

Churches in Colly township include: White Lake Church, Zion Chapel, Sweet Home Church, Saint Peters Church, Saint Matthews Church, Colly Chapel, Kates Chapel.

Cemeteries: Dyson Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith Cemeteries, Marshburn Cemeteries, Norris Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Melvin Cemetery.

Reservoirs and swamps: Singletary Lake, Chinquapin Bay, Ditch Bay, Mill Pond, Olin Tatum Millpond Bay, Big Colly Bay, Tatum Millpond Bay, Little Colly Bay.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lake Drain, Little Colly Creek, Tub Mill Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 101 (36% naturalized citizens)

Colly township:	5.4%
State:	5.3%

58% of Colly township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in North Carolina.

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

This state: 1501
Northeast: 93
Midwest: 29
South: 147
West: 34

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,400

Colly township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

People in group quarters in Colly township, North Carolina

101 people in state prisons
55 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
16 people in other group homes
6 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 914
Two: 47
3 or 4: 9
5 to 9: 17
10 to 19: 2
20 to 49: 12
50 or more: 3
Mobile homes: 677

Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300

Housing units in Colly township with a mortgage: 195 (23 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 131

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 97
1995 to 1998: 207
1990 to 1994: 89
1980 to 1989: 540
1970 to 1979: 239
1960 to 1969: 64
1950 to 1959: 100
1940 to 1949: 172
1939 or earlier: 173

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Colly township, North Carolina:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 3
3 rooms: 33
4 rooms: 44
5 rooms: 176
6 rooms: 137
7 rooms: 89
8 rooms: 44
9 or more rooms: 20

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Colly township, North Carolina:

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 3
3 rooms: 18
4 rooms: 43
5 rooms: 43
6 rooms: 43
7 rooms: 9
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

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

no bedroom: 10
1 bedroom: 5
2 bedrooms: 113
3 bedrooms: 332
4 bedrooms: 70
5 or more bedrooms: 16

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Colly township:

no bedroom: 15
1 bedroom: 6
2 bedrooms: 75
3 bedrooms: 68
4 bedrooms: 2
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 27
1 vehicle: 140
2 vehicles: 190
3 vehicles: 137
4 vehicles: 45
5 or more vehicles: 7

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

no vehicle: 11
1 vehicle: 84
2 vehicles: 66
3 vehicles: 5
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
Construction (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Food (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Textile mills and textile products (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (15%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Public administration (10%)
Social assistance (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Colly township:

United States or American (26.3%)
English (6.6%)
Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
Irish (3.9%)
Scottish (2.8%)
German (2.7%)
Polish (2.3%)

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

El Salvador (30%)
Mexico (24%)
Poland (21%)
Korea (16%)
Greece (7%)
Other Caribbean (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 569 (74%)
Carpooled: 145 (19%)
Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
Walked: 24 (3%)
Other means: 9 (1%)
Worked at home: 8 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (49%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
Utility gas (4%)
Wood (3%)

People in group quarters in Colly township, North Carolina

101 people in state prisons
55 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
16 people in other group homes
6 people in nursing homes

89.5% of residents of Colly township speak English at home.
7.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 55% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,731

In family households: 1,493 (357 male householders, 142 female householders)
383 spouses, 489 children (453 natural, 29 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 3 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 238 (91 male householders (80 living alone)), 96 female householders (92 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 189 (107 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 206 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 172 1-person, 9 2-persons, 6 6-persons.

257 married couples with children.
87 single-parent households (19 men, 68 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 48

Here:	20.2%
North Carolina:	8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24

Here:	21.1%
North Carolina:	6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

Here:	2.0%
North Carolina:	20.2%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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