Red Fish township, Mellette County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 28 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Red Fish township: | 27.8% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
66% of Red Fish township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 277
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 62
- South: 7
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 505
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 25
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Red Fish township with a mortgage: 45 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (18%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (23%)
- Health care (16%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Red Fish township:
- Finnish (19.9%)
- French (except Basque) (10.6%)
- German (10.3%)
- Italian (9.0%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (5.8%)
- Polish (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Korea (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 93 (68%)
- Carpooled: 21 (15%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (4%)
- Worked at home: 14 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
95.8% of residents of Red Fish township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 388- In family households: 328 (114 male householders, 18 female householders)
118 spouses, 62 children (56 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (25 male householders (23 living alone)), 32 female householders (32 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 91 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 2 2-persons,
4 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 18.8% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 100.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |