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Ashe County:Grassy Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

349

Urban population

0

Rural population

349

Farm population

101
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

56

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

56

Percent in private school

0.0

College

0
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

265

Less than 9th grade

110

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

82

High school graduate

13

Some college, no degree

34

Associate degree

7

Bachelor's degree

12

Graduate or professional degree

7
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

27.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.2
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

338

Lived in same house

295

Lived in different house in U.S.

43

Same state

5

Same county

5

Different county

0

Different state

38

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

183

With a mobility or self-care limitation

0

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

0

With a work disability

37

In labor force

13

Prevented from working

24
   

Persons 65 years and over

99

With a mobility or self-care limitation

38

With a mobility limitation

38

With a self-care limitation

23
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

1,000

Women 25 to 34 years

1,185

Women 35 to 44 years

1,769
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

33

65 years and over

21
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

349

Native population

349

Percent born in state of residence

75.1

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

338

Speak a language other than English

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

0

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

373

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

83

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

58

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

71

Italian

6

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

6

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

0

Scottish

50

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

6

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

62

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

31
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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