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Watauga County:Brushy Fork Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,368

Urban population

0

Rural population

3,368

Farm population

71
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

942

Preprimary school

20

Elementary or high school

473

Percent in private school

0.8

College

449
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,122

Less than 9th grade

330

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

268

High school graduate

511

Some college, no degree

386

Associate degree

118

Bachelor's degree

299

Graduate or professional degree

210
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

71.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

24.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,207

Lived in same house

1,666

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,518

Same state

1,210

Same county

690

Different county

520

Different state

308

Lived abroad

23
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,404

With a mobility or self-care limitation

240

With a mobility limitation

135

With a self-care limitation

128

With a work disability

228

In labor force

138

Prevented from working

69
   

Persons 65 years and over

331

With a mobility or self-care limitation

62

With a mobility limitation

62

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

168

Women 25 to 34 years

1,048

Women 35 to 44 years

1,364
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

424

65 years and over

104
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,368

Native population

3,329

Percent born in state of residence

73.7

Foreign-born population

39

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

9
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,207

Speak a language other than English

141

Do not speak English "very well"

33

Speak Spanish

81

Do not speak English "very well"

20

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

9

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,348

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

13

Czech

7

Danish

0

Dutch

78

English

643

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

77

French Canadian

0

German

935

Greek

7

Hungarian

5

Irish

488

Italian

17

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

7

Polish

38

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

19

Scotch-Irish

174

Scottish

154

Slovak

8

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

29

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

389

Welsh

4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

256
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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