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Watauga County:Beaverdam Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,204

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,204

Farm population

262
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

295

Preprimary school

15

Elementary or high school

234

Percent in private school

0.0

College

46
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

861

Less than 9th grade

157

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

162

High school graduate

286

Some college, no degree

103

Associate degree

58

Bachelor's degree

47

Graduate or professional degree

48
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

63.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,182

Lived in same house

791

Lived in different house in U.S.

374

Same state

333

Same county

306

Different county

27

Different state

41

Lived abroad

17
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

772

With a mobility or self-care limitation

42

With a mobility limitation

26

With a self-care limitation

37

With a work disability

74

In labor force

21

Prevented from working

48
   

Persons 65 years and over

192

With a mobility or self-care limitation

64

With a mobility limitation

58

With a self-care limitation

30
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

96

Women 25 to 34 years

1,634

Women 35 to 44 years

1,795
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

113

65 years and over

41
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,204

Native population

1,189

Percent born in state of residence

79.3

Foreign-born population

15

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,182

Speak a language other than English

11

Do not speak English "very well"

11

Speak Spanish

0

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

1,206

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

6

Dutch

0

English

295

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

14

French Canadian

9

German

402

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

141

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

5

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

17

Scottish

69

Slovak

5

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

184

Welsh

5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

54
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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