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Alleghany County:Gap Civil Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,802

Urban population

0

Rural population

3,802

Farm population

112
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

805

Preprimary school

25

Elementary or high school

677

Percent in private school

0.0

College

103
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,672

Less than 9th grade

672

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

528

High school graduate

709

Some college, no degree

347

Associate degree

111

Bachelor's degree

199

Graduate or professional degree

106
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

55.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,660

Lived in same house

2,252

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,370

Same state

1,108

Same county

904

Different county

204

Different state

262

Lived abroad

38
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,295

With a mobility or self-care limitation

112

With a mobility limitation

53

With a self-care limitation

82

With a work disability

303

In labor force

97

Prevented from working

181
   

Persons 65 years and over

606

With a mobility or self-care limitation

174

With a mobility limitation

140

With a self-care limitation

101
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

315

Women 25 to 34 years

1,301

Women 35 to 44 years

2,181
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

356

65 years and over

91
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,802

Native population

3,748

Percent born in state of residence

73.1

Foreign-born population

54

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

38
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,660

Speak a language other than English

115

Do not speak English "very well"

44

Speak Spanish

97

Do not speak English "very well"

42

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,683

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

8

Dutch

60

English

597

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

45

French Canadian

0

German

687

Greek

4

Hungarian

0

Irish

597

Italian

55

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

4

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

2

Scotch-Irish

153

Scottish

77

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

8

Swiss

2

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,045

Welsh

22

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

317
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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