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Ashe County:Jefferson Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,691

Urban population

0

Rural population

3,691

Farm population

90
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

726

Preprimary school

38

Elementary or high school

552

Percent in private school

0.0

College

136
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,605

Less than 9th grade

530

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

512

High school graduate

811

Some college, no degree

359

Associate degree

123

Bachelor's degree

153

Graduate or professional degree

117
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

60.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,489

Lived in same house

2,261

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,210

Same state

1,036

Same county

843

Different county

193

Different state

174

Lived abroad

18
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,237

With a mobility or self-care limitation

104

With a mobility limitation

66

With a self-care limitation

66

With a work disability

265

In labor force

66

Prevented from working

178
   

Persons 65 years and over

574

With a mobility or self-care limitation

113

With a mobility limitation

102

With a self-care limitation

65
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

410

Women 25 to 34 years

1,169

Women 35 to 44 years

1,875
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

425

65 years and over

127
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,691

Native population

3,661

Percent born in state of residence

84.5

Foreign-born population

30

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

7
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,489

Speak a language other than English

98

Do not speak English "very well"

51

Speak Spanish

56

Do not speak English "very well"

37

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

13

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,347

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

109

English

484

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

100

French Canadian

4

German

759

Greek

2

Hungarian

0

Irish

564

Italian

40

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

3

Polish

6

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

159

Scottish

110

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

10

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

642

Welsh

16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

17

Other ancestries

322
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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