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Alleghany County:Glade Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,913

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,913

Farm population

44
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

335

Preprimary school

14

Elementary or high school

264

Percent in private school

0.0

College

57
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,318

Less than 9th grade

384

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

381

High school graduate

348

Some college, no degree

107

Associate degree

61

Bachelor's degree

18

Graduate or professional degree

19
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

42.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

2.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,798

Lived in same house

1,136

Lived in different house in U.S.

662

Same state

434

Same county

352

Different county

82

Different state

228

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,196

With a mobility or self-care limitation

50

With a mobility limitation

28

With a self-care limitation

34

With a work disability

136

In labor force

42

Prevented from working

64
   

Persons 65 years and over

358

With a mobility or self-care limitation

49

With a mobility limitation

49

With a self-care limitation

20
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

550

Women 25 to 34 years

1,402

Women 35 to 44 years

1,420
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

184

65 years and over

60
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,913

Native population

1,913

Percent born in state of residence

65.1

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,798

Speak a language other than English

13

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

9

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

1,764

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

12

Danish

0

Dutch

72

English

342

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

10

French Canadian

0

German

305

Greek

0

Hungarian

10

Irish

185

Italian

15

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

9

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

73

Scottish

39

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

515

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

177
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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