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Alleghany County:Prathers Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

697

Urban population

0

Rural population

697

Farm population

184
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

141

Preprimary school

11

Elementary or high school

107

Percent in private school

0.0

College

23
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

518

Less than 9th grade

134

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

63

High school graduate

171

Some college, no degree

51

Associate degree

53

Bachelor's degree

14

Graduate or professional degree

32
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

62.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

644

Lived in same house

461

Lived in different house in U.S.

183

Same state

156

Same county

80

Different county

76

Different state

27

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

399

With a mobility or self-care limitation

40

With a mobility limitation

40

With a self-care limitation

6

With a work disability

55

In labor force

19

Prevented from working

36
   

Persons 65 years and over

160

With a mobility or self-care limitation

38

With a mobility limitation

38

With a self-care limitation

22
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

303

Women 25 to 34 years

1,102

Women 35 to 44 years

2,015
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

48

65 years and over

35
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

697

Native population

688

Percent born in state of residence

78.2

Foreign-born population

9

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

9
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

644

Speak a language other than English

22

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

22

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

709

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

35

English

126

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

4

French Canadian

0

German

150

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

98

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

71

Scottish

11

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

8

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

137

Welsh

6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

63
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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