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Ashe County:Creston Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

696

Urban population

0

Rural population

696

Farm population

85
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

166

Preprimary school

4

Elementary or high school

134

Percent in private school

0.0

College

28
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

463

Less than 9th grade

124

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

114

High school graduate

187

Some college, no degree

18

Associate degree

12

Bachelor's degree

8

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

48.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

1.7
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

669

Lived in same house

451

Lived in different house in U.S.

208

Same state

190

Same county

190

Different county

0

Different state

18

Lived abroad

10
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

441

With a mobility or self-care limitation

43

With a mobility limitation

17

With a self-care limitation

37

With a work disability

64

In labor force

16

Prevented from working

41
   

Persons 65 years and over

125

With a mobility or self-care limitation

16

With a mobility limitation

5

With a self-care limitation

11
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

394

Women 25 to 34 years

2,059

Women 35 to 44 years

2,130
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

54

65 years and over

18
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

696

Native population

696

Percent born in state of residence

93.0

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

669

Speak a language other than English

26

Do not speak English "very well"

12

Speak Spanish

13

Do not speak English "very well"

7

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

637

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

83

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

28

French Canadian

0

German

213

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

78

Italian

30

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

11

Scottish

31

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

141

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

22
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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