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Ashe County:Chestnut Hill Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

467

Urban population

0

Rural population

467

Farm population

60
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

96

Preprimary school

15

Elementary or high school

74

Percent in private school

0.0

College

7
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

303

Less than 9th grade

64

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

67

High school graduate

87

Some college, no degree

39

Associate degree

33

Bachelor's degree

9

Graduate or professional degree

4
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

56.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

4.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

449

Lived in same house

287

Lived in different house in U.S.

162

Same state

162

Same county

140

Different county

22

Different state

0

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

308

With a mobility or self-care limitation

0

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

0

With a work disability

36

In labor force

17

Prevented from working

7
   

Persons 65 years and over

71

With a mobility or self-care limitation

35

With a mobility limitation

35

With a self-care limitation

28
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

706

Women 25 to 34 years

0

Women 35 to 44 years

2,453
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

52

65 years and over

19
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

467

Native population

467

Percent born in state of residence

71.7

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

449

Speak a language other than English

7

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

7

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

507

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

20

English

50

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

10

French Canadian

0

German

73

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

32

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

31

Scottish

5

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

12

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

108

Welsh

58

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

108
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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