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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

243

Urban population

0

Rural population

243

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

47

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

27

Percent in private school

7.4

College

20
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

184

Less than 9th grade

6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

0

High school graduate

33

Some college, no degree

54

Associate degree

15

Bachelor's degree

51

Graduate or professional degree

25
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

96.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

41.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

231

Lived in same house

91

Lived in different house in U.S.

133

Same state

50

Same county

22

Different county

28

Different state

83

Lived abroad

7
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

168

With a mobility or self-care limitation

6

With a mobility limitation

6

With a self-care limitation

0

With a work disability

17

In labor force

12

Prevented from working

2
   

Persons 65 years and over

33

With a mobility or self-care limitation

0

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

1,200

Women 35 to 44 years

1,333
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

49

65 years and over

13
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

243

Native population

233

Percent born in state of residence

25.3

Foreign-born population

10

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

7
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

231

Speak a language other than English

11

Do not speak English "very well"

4

Speak Spanish

0

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

318

Arab

0

Austrian

3

Belgian

0

Canadian

5

Czech

7

Danish

0

Dutch

10

English

72

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

7

French Canadian

0

German

65

Greek

11

Hungarian

2

Irish

35

Italian

5

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

7

Polish

12

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

3

Scotch-Irish

19

Scottish

14

Slovak

8

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

3

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

6

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

24
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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