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Avery County:Toe River Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,772

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,772

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

444

Preprimary school

6

Elementary or high school

344

Percent in private school

0.0

College

94
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,205

Less than 9th grade

231

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

262

High school graduate

329

Some college, no degree

203

Associate degree

83

Bachelor's degree

77

Graduate or professional degree

20
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

59.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,677

Lived in same house

1,243

Lived in different house in U.S.

413

Same state

363

Same county

244

Different county

119

Different state

50

Lived abroad

21
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,138

With a mobility or self-care limitation

113

With a mobility limitation

81

With a self-care limitation

50

With a work disability

161

In labor force

35

Prevented from working

120
   

Persons 65 years and over

240

With a mobility or self-care limitation

76

With a mobility limitation

63

With a self-care limitation

33
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

194

Women 25 to 34 years

1,110

Women 35 to 44 years

1,993
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

199

65 years and over

56
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,772

Native population

1,728

Percent born in state of residence

89.2

Foreign-born population

44

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

44
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,677

Speak a language other than English

60

Do not speak English "very well"

42

Speak Spanish

60

Do not speak English "very well"

42

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,566

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

26

English

412

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

209

Greek

7

Hungarian

0

Irish

267

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

121

Scottish

62

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

242

Welsh

5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

215
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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