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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

15,419

Urban population

0

Rural population

15,419

Farm population

1,109
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,045

Preprimary school

175

Elementary or high school

2,439

Percent in private school

1.8

College

431
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

10,589

Less than 9th grade

2,219

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,944

High school graduate

3,476

Some college, no degree

1,256

Associate degree

636

Bachelor's degree

739

Graduate or professional degree

319
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

60.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

14,521

Lived in same house

10,050

Lived in different house in U.S.

4,456

Same state

3,678

Same county

2,640

Different county

1,038

Different state

778

Lived abroad

15
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

9,601

With a mobility or self-care limitation

566

With a mobility limitation

287

With a self-care limitation

435

With a work disability

1,135

In labor force

289

Prevented from working

661
   

Persons 65 years and over

2,582

With a mobility or self-care limitation

685

With a mobility limitation

562

With a self-care limitation

364
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

324

Women 25 to 34 years

1,385

Women 35 to 44 years

1,941
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

1,618

65 years and over

558
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

15,419

Native population

15,322

Percent born in state of residence

84.3

Foreign-born population

97

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

14,521

Speak a language other than English

169

Do not speak English "very well"

34

Speak Spanish

66

Do not speak English "very well"

21

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

2

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

14,173

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

23

Czech

0

Danish

10

Dutch

240

English

3,109

Finnish

17

French (except Basque)

246

French Canadian

24

German

1,991

Greek

11

Hungarian

8

Irish

2,841

Italian

102

Lithuanian

2

Norwegian

25

Polish

65

Portuguese

5

Romanian

0

Russian

43

Scotch-Irish

1,146

Scottish

377

Slovak

7

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

171

Swiss

14

Ukrainian

8

United States or American

2,551

Welsh

62

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

1,075
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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