Union township, McCook County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1,477 (58% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 1476.9% |
Whole state: | 1.8% |
72% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8331
- Northeast: 2266
- Midwest: 94
- South: 133
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $166,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,545
- One, attached: 182
- Two: 836
- 3 or 4: 86
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 148
- 20 to 49: 160
- 50 or more: 173
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 1,954 (111 second mortgage, 349 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,366
- Construction (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- Italian (36.3%)
- Polish (10.7%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- German (6.9%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Hungarian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (16%)
- Italy (12%)
- Philippines (9%)
- India (7%)
- Peru (5%)
- Korea (5%)
- Ecuador (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,475 (84%)
- Carpooled: 613 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 183 (3%)
- Railroad: 78 (1%)
- Walked: 117 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 42 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (7%)
75.9% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
5.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
13.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,047- In family households: 11,283 (2,723 male householders, 865 female householders)
2,958 spouses, 3,995 children (3,737 natural, 86 adopted, 172 stepchildren), 157 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 102 parents, 234 other relatives, 165 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,764 (619 male householders (505 living alone)), 866 female householders (759 living alone)), 279 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 108 (97 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,411 2-persons, 864 3-persons, 817 4-persons, 303 5-persons, 165 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,264 1-person, 192 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 18 5-persons,
43 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): 193
Here: | 16.8% |
South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
Here: | 12.7% |
South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 232
Here: | 41.3% |
South Dakota: | 17.8% |