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Watauga County:Elk Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

281

Urban population

0

Rural population

281

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

57

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

31

Percent in private school

0.0

College

26
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

216

Less than 9th grade

56

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

45

High school graduate

47

Some college, no degree

30

Associate degree

11

Bachelor's degree

19

Graduate or professional degree

8
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

53.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

281

Lived in same house

260

Lived in different house in U.S.

21

Same state

0

Same county

0

Different county

0

Different state

21

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

188

With a mobility or self-care limitation

6

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

6

With a work disability

8

In labor force

0

Prevented from working

0
   

Persons 65 years and over

65

With a mobility or self-care limitation

10

With a mobility limitation

10

With a self-care limitation

10
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

2,000

Women 35 to 44 years

1,000
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

27

65 years and over

0
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

281

Native population

281

Percent born in state of residence

43.4

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

281

Speak a language other than English

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

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

238

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

9

English

11

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

56

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

9

Italian

15

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

11

Scottish

37

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

68

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

22
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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