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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

22,209

Urban population

0

Rural population

22,209

Farm population

1,614
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

4,420

Preprimary school

176

Elementary or high school

3,556

Percent in private school

1.0

College

688
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

15,486

Less than 9th grade

3,720

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

3,161

High school graduate

4,880

Some college, no degree

1,822

Associate degree

641

Bachelor's degree

786

Graduate or professional degree

476
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

55.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

21,086

Lived in same house

14,742

Lived in different house in U.S.

6,265

Same state

5,209

Same county

4,360

Different county

849

Different state

1,056

Lived abroad

79
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

14,230

With a mobility or self-care limitation

777

With a mobility limitation

447

With a self-care limitation

526

With a work disability

1,743

In labor force

587

Prevented from working

956
   

Persons 65 years and over

3,619

With a mobility or self-care limitation

891

With a mobility limitation

756

With a self-care limitation

495
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

348

Women 25 to 34 years

1,325

Women 35 to 44 years

1,877
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

2,292

65 years and over

660
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

22,209

Native population

22,037

Percent born in state of residence

82.9

Foreign-born population

172

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

98
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

21,086

Speak a language other than English

436

Do not speak English "very well"

235

Speak Spanish

281

Do not speak English "very well"

178

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

45

Do not speak English "very well"

19
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

20,750

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

3

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

565

English

3,680

Finnish

2

French (except Basque)

428

French Canadian

14

German

5,234

Greek

19

Hungarian

28

Irish

3,125

Italian

269

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

15

Polish

90

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

30

Scotch-Irish

824

Scottish

591

Slovak

6

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

48

Swiss

14

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

4,102

Welsh

128

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

17

Other ancestries

1,518
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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