Parker township, Nevada County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 50.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 621 (all rural)
| Males: 314 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 307 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 621 (535 owner occupied, 86 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Parker township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 91.6%
- Black: 6.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 39.9
Median age of females: 43.6
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Average household size: 2.49
| Parker township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Parker township: | $33,482 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $348 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $65,925 (it was $39,100 in 2000)
| : | $65,925 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
Cities in this township include: Bodcaw.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Parker township include: Union Church (A), Whites Chapel (B), Corinth Church (C), Bodcaw Number 1 Missionary Baptist Church (D), Providence Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Ebenezer Cemetery (1), Dunn Cemetery (2), Corinth Cemetery (3), Union Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hooper Branch (A), Hamm Branch (B), Garner Creek (C), Whitten Branch (D), Union Branch (E), Burdell Branch (F), Owens Branch (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
92% of Parker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 234
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 15
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 104
Housing units in Parker township with a mortgage: 31 (8 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Food (10%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Parker township:
- German (68.9%)
- English (10.8%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
- Danish (3.6%)
- Polish (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 97 (62%)
- Carpooled: 18 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (3%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 33 (21%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Other fuel (13%)
98.8% of residents of Parker township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 249- In family households: 236 (78 male householders, 10 female householders)
88 spouses, 60 children (52 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13 (9 male householders (9 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 61 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person,
105 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (2 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |