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Ashe County:Pine Swamp Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,498

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,498

Farm population

68
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

363

Preprimary school

11

Elementary or high school

306

Percent in private school

5.2

College

46
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,026

Less than 9th grade

206

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

119

High school graduate

367

Some college, no degree

126

Associate degree

84

Bachelor's degree

82

Graduate or professional degree

42
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

68.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,410

Lived in same house

977

Lived in different house in U.S.

433

Same state

360

Same county

288

Different county

72

Different state

73

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

907

With a mobility or self-care limitation

0

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

0

With a work disability

38

In labor force

29

Prevented from working

9
   

Persons 65 years and over

255

With a mobility or self-care limitation

56

With a mobility limitation

35

With a self-care limitation

38
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

129

Women 25 to 34 years

1,191

Women 35 to 44 years

2,292
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

153

65 years and over

56
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,498

Native population

1,484

Percent born in state of residence

86.4

Foreign-born population

14

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

11
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,410

Speak a language other than English

17

Do not speak English "very well"

11

Speak Spanish

17

Do not speak English "very well"

11

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,369

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

60

English

298

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

433

Greek

0

Hungarian

8

Irish

174

Italian

38

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

6

Polish

15

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

105

Scottish

18

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

115

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

99
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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