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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

649

Urban population

0

Rural population

649

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

155

Preprimary school

8

Elementary or high school

123

Percent in private school

3.3

College

24
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

427

Less than 9th grade

85

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

78

High school graduate

141

Some college, no degree

80

Associate degree

13

Bachelor's degree

20

Graduate or professional degree

10
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

61.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

620

Lived in same house

353

Lived in different house in U.S.

267

Same state

220

Same county

179

Different county

41

Different state

47

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

390

With a mobility or self-care limitation

7

With a mobility limitation

4

With a self-care limitation

7

With a work disability

54

In labor force

16

Prevented from working

36
   

Persons 65 years and over

123

With a mobility or self-care limitation

37

With a mobility limitation

27

With a self-care limitation

21
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

364

Women 25 to 34 years

1,743

Women 35 to 44 years

2,062
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

57

65 years and over

26
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

649

Native population

649

Percent born in state of residence

81.5

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

620

Speak a language other than English

14

Do not speak English "very well"

2

Speak Spanish

9

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

715

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

19

English

123

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

4

French Canadian

7

German

107

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

155

Italian

5

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

3

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

39

Scottish

44

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

89

Welsh

4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

116
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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