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Alleghany County:Cranberry Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

534

Urban population

0

Rural population

534

Farm population

62
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

112

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

106

Percent in private school

4.7

College

6
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

374

Less than 9th grade

134

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

120

High school graduate

64

Some college, no degree

25

Associate degree

20

Bachelor's degree

11

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

32.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

2.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

523

Lived in same house

413

Lived in different house in U.S.

110

Same state

82

Same county

65

Different county

17

Different state

28

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

316

With a mobility or self-care limitation

18

With a mobility limitation

14

With a self-care limitation

9

With a work disability

30

In labor force

0

Prevented from working

30
   

Persons 65 years and over

120

With a mobility or self-care limitation

29

With a mobility limitation

24

With a self-care limitation

29
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

600

Women 25 to 34 years

1,941

Women 35 to 44 years

2,686
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

46

65 years and over

18
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

534

Native population

521

Percent born in state of residence

82.1

Foreign-born population

13

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

13
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

523

Speak a language other than English

13

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

13

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

471

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

7

English

98

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

68

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

0

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

47

Scottish

19

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

149

Welsh

16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

67
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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