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Watauga County:Laurel Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,404

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,404

Farm population

136
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

247

Preprimary school

11

Elementary or high school

186

Percent in private school

1.1

College

50
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,009

Less than 9th grade

208

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

147

High school graduate

204

Some college, no degree

179

Associate degree

59

Bachelor's degree

128

Graduate or professional degree

84
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

64.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

21.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,319

Lived in same house

827

Lived in different house in U.S.

485

Same state

337

Same county

150

Different county

187

Different state

148

Lived abroad

7
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

912

With a mobility or self-care limitation

51

With a mobility limitation

45

With a self-care limitation

19

With a work disability

111

In labor force

43

Prevented from working

65
   

Persons 65 years and over

222

With a mobility or self-care limitation

48

With a mobility limitation

40

With a self-care limitation

24
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

563

Women 25 to 34 years

1,058

Women 35 to 44 years

1,794
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

216

65 years and over

54
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,404

Native population

1,386

Percent born in state of residence

71.2

Foreign-born population

18

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

7
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,319

Speak a language other than English

13

Do not speak English "very well"

4

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

1,607

Arab

0

Austrian

3

Belgian

0

Canadian

5

Czech

7

Danish

2

Dutch

92

English

308

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

51

French Canadian

0

German

465

Greek

11

Hungarian

2

Irish

246

Italian

14

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

7

Polish

12

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

3

Scotch-Irish

47

Scottish

55

Slovak

8

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

3

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

98

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

168
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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