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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,300

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,300

Farm population

8
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

221

Preprimary school

14

Elementary or high school

148

Percent in private school

0.0

College

59
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

988

Less than 9th grade

266

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

165

High school graduate

224

Some college, no degree

146

Associate degree

61

Bachelor's degree

66

Graduate or professional degree

60
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

56.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,247

Lived in same house

713

Lived in different house in U.S.

525

Same state

418

Same county

338

Different county

80

Different state

107

Lived abroad

9
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

682

With a mobility or self-care limitation

34

With a mobility limitation

27

With a self-care limitation

26

With a work disability

74

In labor force

20

Prevented from working

46
   

Persons 65 years and over

215

With a mobility or self-care limitation

47

With a mobility limitation

45

With a self-care limitation

28
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

86

Women 25 to 34 years

1,111

Women 35 to 44 years

1,741
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

146

65 years and over

41
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,300

Native population

1,284

Percent born in state of residence

80.1

Foreign-born population

16

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,247

Speak a language other than English

31

Do not speak English "very well"

5

Speak Spanish

2

Do not speak English "very well"

2

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

13

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,315

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

45

English

231

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

33

French Canadian

4

German

326

Greek

2

Hungarian

0

Irish

204

Italian

17

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

1

Polish

6

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

84

Scottish

34

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

10

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

203

Welsh

16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

99
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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