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Ashe County:Peak Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

979

Urban population

0

Rural population

979

Farm population

143
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

207

Preprimary school

15

Elementary or high school

159

Percent in private school

0.0

College

33
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

689

Less than 9th grade

187

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

145

High school graduate

201

Some college, no degree

59

Associate degree

16

Bachelor's degree

54

Graduate or professional degree

27
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

51.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

923

Lived in same house

593

Lived in different house in U.S.

330

Same state

268

Same county

175

Different county

93

Different state

62

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

608

With a mobility or self-care limitation

40

With a mobility limitation

21

With a self-care limitation

30

With a work disability

115

In labor force

39

Prevented from working

66
   

Persons 65 years and over

172

With a mobility or self-care limitation

19

With a mobility limitation

19

With a self-care limitation

16
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

270

Women 25 to 34 years

1,479

Women 35 to 44 years

1,660
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

125

65 years and over

35
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

979

Native population

967

Percent born in state of residence

86.3

Foreign-born population

12

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

923

Speak a language other than English

4

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

4

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

1,020

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

20

English

231

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

16

French Canadian

0

German

311

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

160

Italian

34

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

15

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

51

Scottish

17

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

128

Welsh

6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

31
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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