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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

14,867

Urban population

0

Rural population

14,867

Farm population

605
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,648

Preprimary school

125

Elementary or high school

2,461

Percent in private school

2.8

College

1,062
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

9,452

Less than 9th grade

1,794

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,777

High school graduate

2,811

Some college, no degree

1,484

Associate degree

416

Bachelor's degree

725

Graduate or professional degree

445
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

62.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

13,971

Lived in same house

8,605

Lived in different house in U.S.

5,308

Same state

4,095

Same county

2,593

Different county

1,502

Different state

1,213

Lived abroad

58
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

9,582

With a mobility or self-care limitation

529

With a mobility limitation

315

With a self-care limitation

350

With a work disability

1,017

In labor force

300

Prevented from working

657
   

Persons 65 years and over

2,000

With a mobility or self-care limitation

603

With a mobility limitation

453

With a self-care limitation

360
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

302

Women 25 to 34 years

1,306

Women 35 to 44 years

1,981
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

1,519

65 years and over

442
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

14,867

Native population

14,723

Percent born in state of residence

78.5

Foreign-born population

144

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

80
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

13,971

Speak a language other than English

385

Do not speak English "very well"

184

Speak Spanish

169

Do not speak English "very well"

96

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

40

Do not speak English "very well"

20
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

14,617

Arab

11

Austrian

16

Belgian

0

Canadian

11

Czech

3

Danish

25

Dutch

526

English

2,891

Finnish

3

French (except Basque)

205

French Canadian

51

German

2,383

Greek

18

Hungarian

34

Irish

2,456

Italian

122

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

38

Polish

75

Portuguese

7

Romanian

11

Russian

19

Scotch-Irish

1,284

Scottish

760

Slovak

28

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

47

Swiss

51

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

2,169

Welsh

111

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

44

Yugoslavian

5

Other ancestries

1,213
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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