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Ashe County:Helton Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

803

Urban population

0

Rural population

803

Farm population

187
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

201

Preprimary school

17

Elementary or high school

153

Percent in private school

0.0

College

31
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

530

Less than 9th grade

81

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

118

High school graduate

159

Some college, no degree

82

Associate degree

53

Bachelor's degree

27

Graduate or professional degree

10
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

62.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

764

Lived in same house

586

Lived in different house in U.S.

178

Same state

138

Same county

117

Different county

21

Different state

40

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

539

With a mobility or self-care limitation

21

With a mobility limitation

21

With a self-care limitation

5

With a work disability

42

In labor force

18

Prevented from working

24
   

Persons 65 years and over

80

With a mobility or self-care limitation

25

With a mobility limitation

25

With a self-care limitation

5
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

288

Women 25 to 34 years

1,684

Women 35 to 44 years

1,954
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

79

65 years and over

17
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

803

Native population

803

Percent born in state of residence

77.7

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

764

Speak a language other than English

9

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

810

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

9

English

245

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

8

French Canadian

0

German

129

Greek

5

Hungarian

0

Irish

114

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

30

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

13

Scottish

18

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

192

Welsh

19

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

28
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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