Franklin township, Sampson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 632
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 73
- South: 81
- West: 102
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
16 people in nursing homes
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 234
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 1
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 113
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 58 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Apparel (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (40.8%)
- German (11.9%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Scottish (5.1%)
- English (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.0%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (60%)
- Laos (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 276 (72%)
- Carpooled: 78 (20%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (11%)
- No fuel used (1%)
16 people in nursing homes
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.7% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 908- In family households: 810 (216 male householders, 39 female householders)
198 spouses, 295 children (271 natural, 2 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 6 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (38 male householders (32 living alone)), 50 female householders (45 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 10 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
313 married couples with children.
139 single-parent households (34 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 3.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 37.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |