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Watauga County:Cove Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,233

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,233

Farm population

216
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

448

Preprimary school

34

Elementary or high school

319

Percent in private school

1.3

College

95
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,418

Less than 9th grade

238

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

319

High school graduate

504

Some college, no degree

192

Associate degree

30

Bachelor's degree

72

Graduate or professional degree

63
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

60.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

9.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,031

Lived in same house

1,288

Lived in different house in U.S.

738

Same state

590

Same county

468

Different county

122

Different state

148

Lived abroad

5
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,485

With a mobility or self-care limitation

107

With a mobility limitation

60

With a self-care limitation

79

With a work disability

175

In labor force

66

Prevented from working

109
   

Persons 65 years and over

266

With a mobility or self-care limitation

55

With a mobility limitation

48

With a self-care limitation

36
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

208

Women 25 to 34 years

1,771

Women 35 to 44 years

2,169
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

278

65 years and over

65
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,233

Native population

2,184

Percent born in state of residence

82.7

Foreign-born population

49

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

17
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,031

Speak a language other than English

66

Do not speak English "very well"

26

Speak Spanish

52

Do not speak English "very well"

21

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

4

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

2,463

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

103

English

472

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

71

French Canadian

0

German

757

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

345

Italian

12

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

102

Scottish

105

Slovak

4

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

310

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

182
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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