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Avery County:Roaring Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

891

Urban population

0

Rural population

891

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

182

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

144

Percent in private school

0.0

College

38
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

549

Less than 9th grade

70

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

102

High school graduate

258

Some college, no degree

66

Associate degree

25

Bachelor's degree

28

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

68.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

5.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

849

Lived in same house

661

Lived in different house in U.S.

188

Same state

109

Same county

99

Different county

10

Different state

79

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

617

With a mobility or self-care limitation

8

With a mobility limitation

8

With a self-care limitation

8

With a work disability

40

In labor force

7

Prevented from working

33
   

Persons 65 years and over

94

With a mobility or self-care limitation

52

With a mobility limitation

52

With a self-care limitation

18
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

483

Women 25 to 34 years

766

Women 35 to 44 years

1,940
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

47

65 years and over

15
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

891

Native population

891

Percent born in state of residence

91.1

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

849

Speak a language other than English

14

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

7

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

984

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

73

English

264

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

21

German

77

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

234

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

70

Scottish

71

Slovak

24

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

83

Welsh

7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

25

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

35
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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