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Ashe County:Laurel Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

471

Urban population

0

Rural population

471

Farm population

32
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

68

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

62

Percent in private school

0.0

College

6
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

340

Less than 9th grade

157

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

63

High school graduate

92

Some college, no degree

15

Associate degree

0

Bachelor's degree

13

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

35.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

3.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

465

Lived in same house

311

Lived in different house in U.S.

154

Same state

122

Same county

114

Different county

8

Different state

32

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

296

With a mobility or self-care limitation

33

With a mobility limitation

26

With a self-care limitation

7

With a work disability

50

In labor force

0

Prevented from working

32
   

Persons 65 years and over

114

With a mobility or self-care limitation

52

With a mobility limitation

52

With a self-care limitation

27
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

238

Women 25 to 34 years

2,308

Women 35 to 44 years

1,978
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

52

65 years and over

29
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

471

Native population

462

Percent born in state of residence

78.6

Foreign-born population

9

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

465

Speak a language other than English

21

Do not speak English "very well"

6

Speak Spanish

6

Do not speak English "very well"

6

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

6

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

403

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

95

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

5

French Canadian

0

German

91

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

48

Italian

7

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

6

Scottish

17

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

7

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

107

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

20
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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