Columbus township, Platte County, Nebraska (NE)

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Columbus township, NE map Land area: 54.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.2 sq. mi.
Population: 3,125 (9% urban, 91% rural)

Males: 1,615	(51.7%)
Females: 1,510	(48.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 3,032 (2,476 owner occupied, 556 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	33%

Races in Columbus township:

White Non-Hispanic: 79.4%
Black: 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Asian: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.4%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 34.8
Median age of females: 34.9

Average houshold size: 2.83
Average family size: 3.15

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Population density: 57 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.7%
Whole state:	9.7%

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

This township:	2.8%
Whole state:	4.0%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 415 (22% naturalized citizens)

Columbus township:	13.3%
State:	4.4%

58% of Columbus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Nebraska.

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

This state: 2075
Northeast: 16
Midwest: 339
South: 56
West: 169

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,100

Columbus township, Nebraska satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%

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

93 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 834
One, attached: 13
Two: 3
3 or 4: 30
5 to 9: 11
20 to 49: 5
Mobile homes: 336

Median worth of mobile homes: $20,900

Housing units in Columbus township with a mortgage: 388 (32 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 172

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 56
1995 to 1998: 109
1990 to 1994: 133
1980 to 1989: 200
1970 to 1979: 461
1960 to 1969: 135
1950 to 1959: 35
1940 to 1949: 27
1939 or earlier: 76

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 14
3 rooms: 31
4 rooms: 77
5 rooms: 157
6 rooms: 140
7 rooms: 125
8 rooms: 135
9 or more rooms: 203

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

1 room: 5
2 rooms: 23
3 rooms: 10
4 rooms: 64
5 rooms: 52
6 rooms: 10
7 rooms: 1
8 rooms: 2
9 or more rooms: 2

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

no bedroom: 12
1 bedroom: 16
2 bedrooms: 163
3 bedrooms: 432
4 bedrooms: 193
5 or more bedrooms: 66

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Columbus township:

no bedroom: 13
1 bedroom: 15
2 bedrooms: 93
3 bedrooms: 42
4 bedrooms: 4
5 or more bedrooms: 2

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

no vehicle: 24
1 vehicle: 146
2 vehicles: 344
3 vehicles: 219
4 vehicles: 99
5 or more vehicles: 50

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

no vehicle: 2
1 vehicle: 87
2 vehicles: 59
3 vehicles: 14
4 vehicles: 3
5 or more vehicles: 4

Most common industries for males:

Machinery (14%)
Food (12%)
Construction (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Utilities (5%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (15%)
Educational services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Food (7%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Machinery (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Food processing workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Columbus township:

German (40.3%)
Polish (7.8%)
Irish (5.2%)
English (4.8%)
Czech (3.6%)
United States or American (3.1%)
Swedish (2.9%)

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

Mexico (72%)
Guatemala (10%)
El Salvador (4%)
Korea (4%)
Poland (3%)
Italy (2%)
Other Western Europe (1%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,267 (81%)
Carpooled: 192 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
Walked: 13 (1%)
Other means: 11 (1%)
Worked at home: 68 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (56%)
Utility gas (23%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
Wood (4%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

93 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)

80.8% of residents of Columbus township speak English at home.
17.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (36% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 18% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,999

In family households: 2,719 (727 male householders, 101 female householders)
740 spouses, 980 children (909 natural, 25 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 29 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 280 (149 male householders (112 living alone)), 57 female householders (49 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 91 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 345 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 161 1-person, 33 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 1 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons.

704 married couples with children.
137 single-parent households (46 men, 91 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 125

Here:	32.8%
Nebraska:	14.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40

Here:	18.8%
Nebraska:	10.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

Here:	1.4%
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)

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