Plato township, Hand County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 73 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Plato township: | 73.3% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
74% of Plato township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4115
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 327
- South: 159
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,253
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 92
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Plato township with a mortgage: 546 (59 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 298
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plato township:
- Swiss (40.1%)
- German (25.6%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- English (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Canada (32%)
- Korea (18%)
- France (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,328 (63%)
- Carpooled: 502 (24%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 106 (5%)
- Other means: 50 (2%)
- Worked at home: 101 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
68.5% of residents of Plato township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
30.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,694- In family households: 4,399 (1,011 male householders, 119 female householders)
1,032 spouses, 2,107 children (2,024 natural, 50 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 18 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 295 (129 male householders (110 living alone)), 149 female householders (148 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 421 2-persons, 218 3-persons, 188 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 75 6-persons, 120 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 258 1-person, 20 2-persons,
23 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): 241
| Here: | 27.9% |
| 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: 29
| Here: | 29.9% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |