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Alleghany County:Whitehead Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

630

Urban population

0

Rural population

630

Farm population

24
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

101

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

69

Percent in private school

0.0

College

32
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

436

Less than 9th grade

164

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

48

High school graduate

92

Some college, no degree

62

Associate degree

30

Bachelor's degree

26

Graduate or professional degree

14
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

51.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

9.2
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

579

Lived in same house

409

Lived in different house in U.S.

170

Same state

158

Same county

112

Different county

46

Different state

12

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

411

With a mobility or self-care limitation

15

With a mobility limitation

15

With a self-care limitation

6

With a work disability

39

In labor force

5

Prevented from working

34
   

Persons 65 years and over

105

With a mobility or self-care limitation

33

With a mobility limitation

33

With a self-care limitation

14
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

425

Women 25 to 34 years

1,650

Women 35 to 44 years

1,450
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

67

65 years and over

22
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

630

Native population

630

Percent born in state of residence

81.1

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

579

Speak a language other than English

29

Do not speak English "very well"

17

Speak Spanish

29

Do not speak English "very well"

17

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

514

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

13

English

63

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

111

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

96

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

6

Scottish

0

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

181

Welsh

8

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

36
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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