May township, Christian County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| May township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of May township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1140
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 158
- South: 52
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $143,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 526
- One, attached: 7
Housing units in May township with a mortgage: 301 (19 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Therapists (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in May township:
- German (25.1%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- French (except Basque) (8.8%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 671 (83%)
- Carpooled: 93 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
97.2% of residents of May township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,420- In family households: 1,311 (406 male householders, 45 female householders)
383 spouses, 460 children (424 natural, 0 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (52 male householders (52 living alone)), 57 female householders (57 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 220 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person,
318 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (18 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 20.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |