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Ashe County:Hurricane Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

581

Urban population

0

Rural population

581

Farm population

11
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

107

Preprimary school

5

Elementary or high school

98

Percent in private school

0.0

College

4
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

415

Less than 9th grade

156

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

118

High school graduate

91

Some college, no degree

38

Associate degree

5

Bachelor's degree

0

Graduate or professional degree

7
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

34.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

1.7
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

570

Lived in same house

486

Lived in different house in U.S.

76

Same state

62

Same county

62

Different county

0

Different state

14

Lived abroad

8
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

374

With a mobility or self-care limitation

32

With a mobility limitation

10

With a self-care limitation

27

With a work disability

42

In labor force

14

Prevented from working

28
   

Persons 65 years and over

101

With a mobility or self-care limitation

5

With a mobility limitation

5

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

1,439

Women 35 to 44 years

3,316
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

71

65 years and over

17
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

581

Native population

581

Percent born in state of residence

79.0

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

570

Speak a language other than English

5

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

5

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

430

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

17

English

77

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

10

French Canadian

0

German

97

Greek

0

Hungarian

7

Irish

87

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

5

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

0

Scottish

4

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

115

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

11
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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