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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,957

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,957

Farm population

4
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

368

Preprimary school

18

Elementary or high school

295

Percent in private school

0.0

College

55
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,426

Less than 9th grade

404

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

296

High school graduate

378

Some college, no degree

167

Associate degree

55

Bachelor's degree

82

Graduate or professional degree

44
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

50.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,885

Lived in same house

1,144

Lived in different house in U.S.

724

Same state

578

Same county

459

Different county

119

Different state

146

Lived abroad

17
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,062

With a mobility or self-care limitation

49

With a mobility limitation

29

With a self-care limitation

36

With a work disability

149

In labor force

48

Prevented from working

83
   

Persons 65 years and over

370

With a mobility or self-care limitation

105

With a mobility limitation

82

With a self-care limitation

52
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

352

Women 25 to 34 years

1,360

Women 35 to 44 years

1,955
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

176

65 years and over

47
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,957

Native population

1,922

Percent born in state of residence

73.2

Foreign-born population

35

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

26
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,885

Speak a language other than English

78

Do not speak English "very well"

27

Speak Spanish

66

Do not speak English "very well"

25

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,931

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

29

English

334

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

24

French Canadian

0

German

383

Greek

4

Hungarian

0

Irish

293

Italian

24

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

2

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

2

Scotch-Irish

81

Scottish

35

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

6

Swiss

2

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

525

Welsh

15

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

172
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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