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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,296

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,296

Farm population

82
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

270

Preprimary school

9

Elementary or high school

223

Percent in private school

4.0

College

38
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

869

Less than 9th grade

243

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

238

High school graduate

238

Some college, no degree

90

Associate degree

23

Bachelor's degree

32

Graduate or professional degree

5
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

44.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

4.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,216

Lived in same house

912

Lived in different house in U.S.

280

Same state

240

Same county

162

Different county

78

Different state

40

Lived abroad

24
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

857

With a mobility or self-care limitation

75

With a mobility limitation

41

With a self-care limitation

57

With a work disability

131

In labor force

18

Prevented from working

73
   

Persons 65 years and over

174

With a mobility or self-care limitation

42

With a mobility limitation

21

With a self-care limitation

29
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

236

Women 25 to 34 years

1,030

Women 35 to 44 years

1,482
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

130

65 years and over

22
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,296

Native population

1,289

Percent born in state of residence

86.5

Foreign-born population

7

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

7
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,216

Speak a language other than English

8

Do not speak English "very well"

1

Speak Spanish

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

7

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,203

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

8

English

145

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

11

French Canadian

0

German

341

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

150

Italian

28

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

67

Scottish

56

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

318

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

79
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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