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Ashe County:Horse Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

619

Urban population

0

Rural population

619

Farm population

64
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

94

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

94

Percent in private school

0.0

College

0
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

446

Less than 9th grade

118

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

135

High school graduate

142

Some college, no degree

36

Associate degree

0

Bachelor's degree

9

Graduate or professional degree

6
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

43.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

3.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

580

Lived in same house

448

Lived in different house in U.S.

132

Same state

112

Same county

112

Different county

0

Different state

20

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

410

With a mobility or self-care limitation

23

With a mobility limitation

16

With a self-care limitation

12

With a work disability

38

In labor force

11

Prevented from working

21
   

Persons 65 years and over

92

With a mobility or self-care limitation

42

With a mobility limitation

42

With a self-care limitation

15
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

256

Women 25 to 34 years

971

Women 35 to 44 years

1,932
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

55

65 years and over

17
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

619

Native population

619

Percent born in state of residence

87.4

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

580

Speak a language other than English

14

Do not speak English "very well"

9

Speak Spanish

14

Do not speak English "very well"

9

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

497

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

75

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

5

French Canadian

0

German

104

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

61

Italian

4

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

0

Scottish

16

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

170

Welsh

2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

60
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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