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Watauga County:Blowing Rock Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,340

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,340

Farm population

24
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

407

Preprimary school

28

Elementary or high school

257

Percent in private school

1.9

College

122
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,747

Less than 9th grade

165

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

191

High school graduate

349

Some college, no degree

363

Associate degree

121

Bachelor's degree

327

Graduate or professional degree

231
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

79.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

31.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,231

Lived in same house

1,162

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,058

Same state

745

Same county

506

Different county

239

Different state

313

Lived abroad

11
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,563

With a mobility or self-care limitation

155

With a mobility limitation

46

With a self-care limitation

133

With a work disability

141

In labor force

36

Prevented from working

103
   

Persons 65 years and over

360

With a mobility or self-care limitation

49

With a mobility limitation

37

With a self-care limitation

22
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

121

Women 25 to 34 years

773

Women 35 to 44 years

1,414
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

347

65 years and over

103
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,340

Native population

2,325

Percent born in state of residence

58.9

Foreign-born population

15

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

2
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,231

Speak a language other than English

46

Do not speak English "very well"

9

Speak Spanish

14

Do not speak English "very well"

4

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

2,461

Arab

20

Austrian

0

Belgian

2

Canadian

12

Czech

0

Danish

6

Dutch

105

English

513

Finnish

4

French (except Basque)

53

French Canadian

14

German

609

Greek

2

Hungarian

3

Irish

289

Italian

57

Lithuanian

2

Norwegian

6

Polish

18

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

4

Scotch-Irish

129

Scottish

154

Slovak

9

Subsaharan African

7

Swedish

19

Swiss

4

Ukrainian

2

United States or American

193

Welsh

11

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

214
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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