Alleghany County Ashe County Avery County Mitchell County Watauga County Wilkes County Yancey County

Alleghany County:Piney Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

714

Urban population

0

Rural population

714

Farm population

115
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

122

Preprimary school

11

Elementary or high school

82

Percent in private school

0.0

College

29
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

506

Less than 9th grade

81

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

95

High school graduate

189

Some college, no degree

65

Associate degree

11

Bachelor's degree

39

Graduate or professional degree

26
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

65.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

685

Lived in same house

475

Lived in different house in U.S.

210

Same state

185

Same county

127

Different county

58

Different state

25

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

510

With a mobility or self-care limitation

24

With a mobility limitation

24

With a self-care limitation

24

With a work disability

75

In labor force

19

Prevented from working

45
   

Persons 65 years and over

96

With a mobility or self-care limitation

15

With a mobility limitation

15

With a self-care limitation

4
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

578

Women 25 to 34 years

1,390

Women 35 to 44 years

2,475
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

71

65 years and over

21
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

714

Native population

702

Percent born in state of residence

74.2

Foreign-born population

12

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

685

Speak a language other than English

43

Do not speak English "very well"

25

Speak Spanish

31

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

796

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

26

English

116

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

13

French Canadian

17

German

187

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

126

Italian

6

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

70

Scottish

0

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

175

Welsh

9

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

51
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
purpose | membership | staff | board | calendar | annual report
program divisions | local govt | state reps | links | demographics&statistics


Cherry Lane Cranberry Gap Civil Glade Creek Piney Creek Prathers Creek Whitehead Purpose of High Country High Country membership High Country Staff High Country Board of Directors Calendar Annual Report