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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,010

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,010

Farm population

5
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

416

Preprimary school

43

Elementary or high school

311

Percent in private school

1.9

College

62
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,417

Less than 9th grade

298

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

291

High school graduate

379

Some college, no degree

230

Associate degree

66

Bachelor's degree

107

Graduate or professional degree

46
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

58.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,883

Lived in same house

1,259

Lived in different house in U.S.

615

Same state

507

Same county

335

Different county

172

Different state

108

Lived abroad

9
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,158

With a mobility or self-care limitation

71

With a mobility limitation

57

With a self-care limitation

32

With a work disability

152

In labor force

47

Prevented from working

95
   

Persons 65 years and over

434

With a mobility or self-care limitation

120

With a mobility limitation

99

With a self-care limitation

81
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

483

Women 25 to 34 years

1,321

Women 35 to 44 years

1,927
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

265

65 years and over

87
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,010

Native population

2,003

Percent born in state of residence

85.5

Foreign-born population

7

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

3
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,883

Speak a language other than English

61

Do not speak English "very well"

25

Speak Spanish

37

Do not speak English "very well"

22

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,956

Arab

0

Austrian

3

Belgian

0

Canadian

3

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

55

English

297

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

21

French Canadian

8

German

351

Greek

0

Hungarian

2

Irish

400

Italian

19

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

2

Polish

4

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

237

Scottish

113

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

6

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

331

Welsh

3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

101
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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