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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

9,590

Urban population

0

Rural population

9,590

Farm population

576
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,881

Preprimary school

88

Elementary or high school

1,516

Percent in private school

0.3

College

277
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

6,785

Less than 9th grade

1,751

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,467

High school graduate

1,797

Some college, no degree

852

Associate degree

308

Bachelor's degree

363

Graduate or professional degree

247
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

52.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

9.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

9,131

Lived in same house

5,907

Lived in different house in U.S.

3,186

Same state

2,512

Same county

1,916

Different county

596

Different state

674

Lived abroad

38
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

5,950

With a mobility or self-care limitation

327

With a mobility limitation

174

With a self-care limitation

229

With a work disability

677

In labor force

190

Prevented from working

421
   

Persons 65 years and over

1,670

With a mobility or self-care limitation

405

With a mobility limitation

366

With a self-care limitation

221
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

360

Women 25 to 34 years

1,436

Women 35 to 44 years

2,016
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

961

65 years and over

301
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

9,590

Native population

9,502

Percent born in state of residence

72.6

Foreign-born population

88

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

60
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

9,131

Speak a language other than English

265

Do not speak English "very well"

91

Speak Spanish

217

Do not speak English "very well"

89

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

9,360

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

8

Czech

12

Danish

15

Dutch

271

English

1,655

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

80

French Canadian

28

German

1,635

Greek

4

Hungarian

10

Irish

1,392

Italian

83

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

29

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

2

Scotch-Irish

548

Scottish

220

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

16

Swiss

10

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

2,432

Welsh

61

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

849
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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