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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,288

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,288

Farm population

54
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

618

Preprimary school

18

Elementary or high school

463

Percent in private school

11.2

College

137
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,466

Less than 9th grade

352

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

159

High school graduate

415

Some college, no degree

194

Associate degree

101

Bachelor's degree

83

Graduate or professional degree

162
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

65.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.7
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,122

Lived in same house

1,499

Lived in different house in U.S.

623

Same state

421

Same county

316

Different county

105

Different state

202

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,440

With a mobility or self-care limitation

58

With a mobility limitation

28

With a self-care limitation

35

With a work disability

188

In labor force

71

Prevented from working

95
   

Persons 65 years and over

263

With a mobility or self-care limitation

9

With a mobility limitation

9

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

116

Women 25 to 34 years

1,341

Women 35 to 44 years

1,624
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

202

65 years and over

58
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,288

Native population

2,270

Percent born in state of residence

79.2

Foreign-born population

18

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

5
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,122

Speak a language other than English

68

Do not speak English "very well"

39

Speak Spanish

33

Do not speak English "very well"

21

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

5

Do not speak English "very well"

5
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

2,228

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

26

Czech

15

Danish

0

Dutch

75

English

393

Finnish

8

French (except Basque)

22

French Canadian

7

German

701

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

403

Italian

5

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

5

Polish

12

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

120

Scottish

53

Slovak

8

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

21

Swiss

14

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

129

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

211
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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