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Avery County:Altamont Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,642

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,642

Farm population

93
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

429

Preprimary school

21

Elementary or high school

347

Percent in private school

4.6

College

61
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,013

Less than 9th grade

227

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

158

High school graduate

273

Some college, no degree

176

Associate degree

61

Bachelor's degree

56

Graduate or professional degree

62
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

62.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,542

Lived in same house

826

Lived in different house in U.S.

716

Same state

623

Same county

413

Different county

210

Different state

93

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

939

With a mobility or self-care limitation

72

With a mobility limitation

42

With a self-care limitation

55

With a work disability

89

In labor force

23

Prevented from working

59
   

Persons 65 years and over

212

With a mobility or self-care limitation

46

With a mobility limitation

37

With a self-care limitation

17
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

440

Women 25 to 34 years

1,221

Women 35 to 44 years

1,890
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

209

65 years and over

52
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,642

Native population

1,615

Percent born in state of residence

84.3

Foreign-born population

27

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

8
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,542

Speak a language other than English

88

Do not speak English "very well"

45

Speak Spanish

15

Do not speak English "very well"

12

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

35

Do not speak English "very well"

20
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,626

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

40

English

318

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

34

French Canadian

7

German

227

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

247

Italian

13

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

18

Polish

6

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

179

Scottish

56

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

337

Welsh

10

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

5

Other ancestries

129
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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