Scott township, Poinsett County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Scott township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
62% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1474
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 189
- South: 36
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 584
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,500
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 270 (21 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- German (52.1%)
- English (9.9%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Czech (5.2%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (36%)
- Philippines (27%)
- Mexico (18%)
- Argentina (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 675 (74%)
- Carpooled: 163 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
96.4% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,737- In family households: 1,550 (426 male householders, 76 female householders)
434 spouses, 545 children (513 natural, 3 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (67 male householders (58 living alone)), 103 female householders (93 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 214 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 131 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 19 2-persons,
212 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (15 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 4.7% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 21.3% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |