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Ashe County:North Fork Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

780

Urban population

0

Rural population

780

Farm population

211
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

154

Preprimary school

5

Elementary or high school

136

Percent in private school

4.4

College

13
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

542

Less than 9th grade

190

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

84

High school graduate

184

Some college, no degree

44

Associate degree

5

Bachelor's degree

28

Graduate or professional degree

7
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

49.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

6.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

731

Lived in same house

591

Lived in different house in U.S.

140

Same state

123

Same county

101

Different county

22

Different state

17

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

520

With a mobility or self-care limitation

38

With a mobility limitation

21

With a self-care limitation

17

With a work disability

91

In labor force

28

Prevented from working

35
   

Persons 65 years and over

88

With a mobility or self-care limitation

36

With a mobility limitation

26

With a self-care limitation

19
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

344

Women 25 to 34 years

2,017

Women 35 to 44 years

1,838
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

40

65 years and over

5
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

780

Native population

765

Percent born in state of residence

79.3

Foreign-born population

15

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

15
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

731

Speak a language other than English

29

Do not speak English "very well"

15

Speak Spanish

6

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

15

Do not speak English "very well"

15
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

762

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

148

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

25

French Canadian

0

German

188

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

136

Italian

9

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

16

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

16

Scotch-Irish

18

Scottish

0

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

8

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

141

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

57
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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