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Watauga County:Boone Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

12,915

Urban population

12,915

Rural population

0

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

8,708

Preprimary school

77

Elementary or high school

645

Percent in private school

4.7

College

7,986
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

3,950

Less than 9th grade

374

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

470

High school graduate

569

Some college, no degree

665

Associate degree

157

Bachelor's degree

916

Graduate or professional degree

799
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

78.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

43.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

12,664

Lived in same house

2,725

Lived in different house in U.S.

9,807

Same state

8,030

Same county

1,466

Different county

6,564

Different state

1,777

Lived abroad

132
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

11,134

With a mobility or self-care limitation

137

With a mobility limitation

72

With a self-care limitation

100

With a work disability

375

In labor force

114

Prevented from working

204
   

Persons 65 years and over

828

With a mobility or self-care limitation

174

With a mobility limitation

135

With a self-care limitation

128
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

10

Women 25 to 34 years

778

Women 35 to 44 years

1,601
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

736

65 years and over

185
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

12,915

Native population

12,715

Percent born in state of residence

62.0

Foreign-born population

200

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

84
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

12,664

Speak a language other than English

420

Do not speak English "very well"

125

Speak Spanish

171

Do not speak English "very well"

53

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

30

Do not speak English "very well"

8
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

14,655

Arab

29

Austrian

15

Belgian

6

Canadian

5

Czech

20

Danish

27

Dutch

351

English

2,394

Finnish

18

French (except Basque)

404

French Canadian

60

German

3,548

Greek

35

Hungarian

41

Irish

2,180

Italian

392

Lithuanian

20

Norwegian

92

Polish

106

Portuguese

34

Romanian

12

Russian

30

Scotch-Irish

1,234

Scottish

715

Slovak

75

Subsaharan African

6

Swedish

171

Swiss

7

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

744

Welsh

194

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

7

Other ancestries

1,683
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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