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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,002

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,002

Farm population

12
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

175

Preprimary school

4

Elementary or high school

146

Percent in private school

0.0

College

25
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

723

Less than 9th grade

148

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

128

High school graduate

237

Some college, no degree

109

Associate degree

27

Bachelor's degree

50

Graduate or professional degree

24
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

61.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.2
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

947

Lived in same house

538

Lived in different house in U.S.

405

Same state

338

Same county

291

Different county

47

Different state

67

Lived abroad

4
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

601

With a mobility or self-care limitation

54

With a mobility limitation

17

With a self-care limitation

46

With a work disability

90

In labor force

33

Prevented from working

48
   

Persons 65 years and over

214

With a mobility or self-care limitation

52

With a mobility limitation

43

With a self-care limitation

28
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

458

Women 25 to 34 years

1,350

Women 35 to 44 years

1,333
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

104

65 years and over

31
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,002

Native population

996

Percent born in state of residence

77.0

Foreign-born population

6

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

4
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

947

Speak a language other than English

27

Do not speak English "very well"

21

Speak Spanish

15

Do not speak English "very well"

12

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

4

Do not speak English "very well"

4
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,000

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

41

English

201

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

18

French Canadian

0

German

292

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

169

Italian

6

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

3

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

54

Scottish

31

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

2

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

77

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

106
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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