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Ashe County:Obids Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,143

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,143

Farm population

51
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

214

Preprimary school

11

Elementary or high school

163

Percent in private school

3.7

College

40
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

826

Less than 9th grade

193

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

155

High school graduate

308

Some college, no degree

104

Associate degree

24

Bachelor's degree

42

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

57.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

5.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,094

Lived in same house

653

Lived in different house in U.S.

441

Same state

336

Same county

284

Different county

52

Different state

105

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

741

With a mobility or self-care limitation

44

With a mobility limitation

28

With a self-care limitation

39

With a work disability

113

In labor force

41

Prevented from working

72
   

Persons 65 years and over

203

With a mobility or self-care limitation

25

With a mobility limitation

21

With a self-care limitation

19
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

470

Women 25 to 34 years

1,432

Women 35 to 44 years

1,356
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

137

65 years and over

43
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,143

Native population

1,102

Percent born in state of residence

77.4

Foreign-born population

41

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

41
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,094

Speak a language other than English

32

Do not speak English "very well"

32

Speak Spanish

32

Do not speak English "very well"

32

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,123

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

43

English

221

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

42

French Canadian

0

German

225

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

167

Italian

6

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

55

Scottish

42

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

176

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

146
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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