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Ashe County:West Jefferson Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,952

Urban population

0

Rural population

3,952

Farm population

114
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

791

Preprimary school

21

Elementary or high school

603

Percent in private school

0.0

College

167
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,775

Less than 9th grade

541

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

544

High school graduate

915

Some college, no degree

373

Associate degree

115

Bachelor's degree

178

Graduate or professional degree

109
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

60.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,743

Lived in same house

2,491

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,248

Same state

1,033

Same county

902

Different county

131

Different state

215

Lived abroad

4
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,571

With a mobility or self-care limitation

165

With a mobility limitation

83

With a self-care limitation

123

With a work disability

328

In labor force

101

Prevented from working

203
   

Persons 65 years and over

674

With a mobility or self-care limitation

147

With a mobility limitation

112

With a self-care limitation

97
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

357

Women 25 to 34 years

1,335

Women 35 to 44 years

1,688
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

411

65 years and over

130
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,952

Native population

3,929

Percent born in state of residence

80.0

Foreign-born population

23

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

10
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,743

Speak a language other than English

81

Do not speak English "very well"

45

Speak Spanish

41

Do not speak English "very well"

28

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

4

Do not speak English "very well"

4
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,973

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

159

English

682

Finnish

2

French (except Basque)

124

French Canadian

4

German

1,190

Greek

12

Hungarian

0

Irish

666

Italian

44

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

3

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

168

Scottish

93

Slovak

6

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

11

Swiss

6

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

543

Welsh

10

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

250
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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