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Ward township, Yell County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (80% naturalized citizens)

Ward township:

0.3%
Whole state:

2.8%

75% of Ward township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Arkansas.

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

  • This state: 974
  • Northeast: 3
  • Midwest: 56
  • South: 5
  • West: 13

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500


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: 0.1% of all households

65 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Ward township, AR map Ward township, Arkansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500


Housing units in Ward township with a mortgage: 138 (11 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 189

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 3
  • 1995 to 1998: 1
  • 1990 to 1994: 0
  • 1980 to 1989: 31
  • 1970 to 1979: 48
  • 1960 to 1969: 38
  • 1950 to 1959: 61
  • 1940 to 1949: 67
  • 1939 or earlier: 251

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ward township, Arkansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 6
  • 3 rooms: 6
  • 4 rooms: 38
  • 5 rooms: 96
  • 6 rooms: 86
  • 7 rooms: 57
  • 8 rooms: 44
  • 9 or more rooms: 38

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ward township, Arkansas:

  • 1 room: 2
  • 2 rooms: 4
  • 3 rooms: 10
  • 4 rooms: 14
  • 5 rooms: 14
  • 6 rooms: 15
  • 7 rooms: 20
  • 8 rooms: 11
  • 9 or more rooms: 4

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 26
  • 2 bedrooms: 84
  • 3 bedrooms: 161
  • 4 bedrooms: 87
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 13

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ward township:

  • no bedroom: 2
  • 1 bedroom: 22
  • 2 bedrooms: 20
  • 3 bedrooms: 27
  • 4 bedrooms: 16
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 7

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

  • no vehicle: 19
  • 1 vehicle: 117
  • 2 vehicles: 155
  • 3 vehicles: 57
  • 4 vehicles: 21
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Ward township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 28
  • 2 vehicles: 41
  • 3 vehicles: 7
  • 4 vehicles: 2
  • 5 or more vehicles: 3

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Wood products (6%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Food (5%)
  • Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (19%)
  • Finance and insurance (12%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Food and beverage stores (8%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Farmers and farm managers (13%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Woodworkers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Child care workers (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Accountants and auditors (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Ward township:

  • German (78.2%)
  • Norwegian (4.7%)
  • United States or American (3.9%)
  • Irish (3.0%)
  • Dutch (2.6%)
  • English (2.5%)
  • Danish (0.8%)

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

  • Other Northern Europe (80%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (57%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
  • Electricity (16%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
  • Wood (1%)

65 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded

94.6% of residents of Ward township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (17% speak English very well, 83% speak English well).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,060

Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 7 2-persons,

287 married couples with children.
155 single-parent households (28 men, 127 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
Here:

10.6%
Arkansas:

7.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here:

4.2%
Arkansas:

6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here:

8.3%
Arkansas:

14.7%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Ward township:

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