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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,248

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,248

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

230

Preprimary school

20

Elementary or high school

143

Percent in private school

3.5

College

67
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

965

Less than 9th grade

104

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

109

High school graduate

145

Some college, no degree

223

Associate degree

60

Bachelor's degree

202

Graduate or professional degree

122
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

77.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

33.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,203

Lived in same house

605

Lived in different house in U.S.

584

Same state

407

Same county

244

Different county

163

Different state

177

Lived abroad

14
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

757

With a mobility or self-care limitation

43

With a mobility limitation

18

With a self-care limitation

32

With a work disability

51

In labor force

15

Prevented from working

34
   

Persons 65 years and over

234

With a mobility or self-care limitation

39

With a mobility limitation

37

With a self-care limitation

12
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

838

Women 35 to 44 years

1,487
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

172

65 years and over

68
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,248

Native population

1,233

Percent born in state of residence

57.4

Foreign-born population

15

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

2
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,203

Speak a language other than English

34

Do not speak English "very well"

12

Speak Spanish

20

Do not speak English "very well"

7

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,364

Arab

1

Austrian

0

Belgian

2

Canadian

3

Czech

0

Danish

6

Dutch

46

English

314

Finnish

4

French (except Basque)

44

French Canadian

4

German

303

Greek

2

Hungarian

3

Irish

177

Italian

13

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

6

Polish

9

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

4

Scotch-Irish

106

Scottish

103

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

18

Swiss

2

Ukrainian

2

United States or American

96

Welsh

11

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

85
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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