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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

886

Urban population

0

Rural population

886

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

646

Preprimary school

8

Elementary or high school

44

Percent in private school

0.0

College

594
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

220

Less than 9th grade

13

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

19

High school graduate

43

Some college, no degree

39

Associate degree

21

Bachelor's degree

58

Graduate or professional degree

27
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

85.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

38.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

868

Lived in same house

198

Lived in different house in U.S.

657

Same state

388

Same county

61

Different county

327

Different state

269

Lived abroad

13
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

792

With a mobility or self-care limitation

4

With a mobility limitation

4

With a self-care limitation

2

With a work disability

32

In labor force

0

Prevented from working

18
   

Persons 65 years and over

42

With a mobility or self-care limitation

18

With a mobility limitation

18

With a self-care limitation

5
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

7

Women 25 to 34 years

643

Women 35 to 44 years

2,364
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

27

65 years and over

6
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

886

Native population

867

Percent born in state of residence

48.4

Foreign-born population

19

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

13
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

868

Speak a language other than English

53

Do not speak English "very well"

14

Speak Spanish

23

Do not speak English "very well"

12

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

902

Arab

3

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

4

Dutch

28

English

223

Finnish

3

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

197

Greek

11

Hungarian

0

Irish

147

Italian

48

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

11

Portuguese

0

Romanian

11

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

71

Scottish

44

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

7

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

10

Welsh

2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

82
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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