Dexter township, Codington County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Dexter township: | 10.6% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
64% of Dexter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2961
- Northeast: 88
- Midwest: 216
- South: 291
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,043
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 80
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 49
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 222
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Dexter township with a mortgage: 557 (45 second mortgage, 137 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 207
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (16%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (16%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dexter township:
- German (37.1%)
- English (12.9%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Italian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (70%)
- Bolivia (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,575 (87%)
- Carpooled: 137 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 41 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
96.9% of residents of Dexter township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,649- In family households: 3,160 (800 male householders, 226 female householders)
816 spouses, 1,141 children (1,067 natural, 23 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 73 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 489 (199 male householders (152 living alone)), 192 female householders (175 living alone)), 98 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 464 2-persons, 229 3-persons, 191 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 327 1-person, 42 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 8 5-persons,
41 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 0.6% |
| 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: 17
| Here: | 13.7% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |