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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

473

Urban population

0

Rural population

473

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

93

Preprimary school

10

Elementary or high school

75

Percent in private school

0.0

College

8
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

324

Less than 9th grade

63

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

75

High school graduate

118

Some college, no degree

34

Associate degree

11

Bachelor's degree

9

Graduate or professional degree

14
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

57.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

435

Lived in same house

272

Lived in different house in U.S.

163

Same state

121

Same county

103

Different county

18

Different state

42

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

288

With a mobility or self-care limitation

16

With a mobility limitation

7

With a self-care limitation

14

With a work disability

49

In labor force

15

Prevented from working

27
   

Persons 65 years and over

84

With a mobility or self-care limitation

21

With a mobility limitation

19

With a self-care limitation

12
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

296

Women 25 to 34 years

1,600

Women 35 to 44 years

1,865
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

70

65 years and over

16
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

473

Native population

471

Percent born in state of residence

80.0

Foreign-born population

2

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

2
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

435

Speak a language other than English

12

Do not speak English "very well"

11

Speak Spanish

3

Do not speak English "very well"

3

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

464

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

22

English

101

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

11

French Canadian

0

German

45

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

77

Italian

8

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

45

Scottish

21

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

102

Welsh

3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

29
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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