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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

14,433

Urban population

0

Rural population

14,433

Farm population

496
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,835

Preprimary school

170

Elementary or high school

2,257

Percent in private school

1.9

College

408
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

10,016

Less than 9th grade

2,497

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,977

High school graduate

2,875

Some college, no degree

1,266

Associate degree

476

Bachelor's degree

597

Graduate or professional degree

328
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

55.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

9.2
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

13,621

Lived in same house

9,654

Lived in different house in U.S.

3,954

Same state

3,369

Same county

2,265

Different county

1,104

Different state

585

Lived abroad

13
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

9,018

With a mobility or self-care limitation

678

With a mobility limitation

436

With a self-care limitation

471

With a work disability

1,157

In labor force

380

Prevented from working

703
   

Persons 65 years and over

2,417

With a mobility or self-care limitation

765

With a mobility limitation

647

With a self-care limitation

410
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

460

Women 25 to 34 years

1,284

Women 35 to 44 years

1,737
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

1,727

65 years and over

535
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

14,433

Native population

14,382

Percent born in state of residence

83.4

Foreign-born population

51

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

9
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

13,621

Speak a language other than English

342

Do not speak English "very well"

127

Speak Spanish

250

Do not speak English "very well"

110

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

16

Do not speak English "very well"

1
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

13,147

Arab

0

Austrian

3

Belgian

0

Canadian

3

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

195

English

2,224

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

269

French Canadian

25

German

2,296

Greek

15

Hungarian

9

Irish

2,713

Italian

125

Lithuanian

2

Norwegian

13

Polish

71

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

52

Scotch-Irish

1,307

Scottish

656

Slovak

17

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

93

Swiss

3

Ukrainian

8

United States or American

2,143

Welsh

27

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

6

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

872
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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