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Alleghany County:Cherry Lane Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,300

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,300

Farm population

35
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

265

Preprimary school

27

Elementary or high school

211

Percent in private school

0.0

College

27
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

961

Less than 9th grade

182

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

232

High school graduate

224

Some college, no degree

195

Associate degree

22

Bachelor's degree

56

Graduate or professional degree

50
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

56.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,242

Lived in same house

761

Lived in different house in U.S.

481

Same state

389

Same county

276

Different county

113

Different state

92

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

823

With a mobility or self-care limitation

68

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

68

With a work disability

39

In labor force

8

Prevented from working

31
   

Persons 65 years and over

225

With a mobility or self-care limitation

67

With a mobility limitation

67

With a self-care limitation

31
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

1,752

Women 35 to 44 years

2,040
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

189

65 years and over

54
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,300

Native population

1,300

Percent born in state of residence

70.6

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,242

Speak a language other than English

30

Do not speak English "very well"

5

Speak Spanish

16

Do not speak English "very well"

5

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,423

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

8

Czech

0

Danish

7

Dutch

58

English

313

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

8

French Canadian

11

German

127

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

290

Italian

7

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

16

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

128

Scottish

74

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

8

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

230

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

138
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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