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Watauga County:New River Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,367

Urban population

0

Rural population

3,367

Farm population

106
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

917

Preprimary school

26

Elementary or high school

532

Percent in private school

1.1

College

359
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,088

Less than 9th grade

195

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

299

High school graduate

468

Some college, no degree

425

Associate degree

112

Bachelor's degree

321

Graduate or professional degree

268
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

76.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

28.2
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,139

Lived in same house

1,556

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,568

Same state

1,039

Same county

746

Different county

293

Different state

529

Lived abroad

15
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,338

With a mobility or self-care limitation

45

With a mobility limitation

35

With a self-care limitation

26

With a work disability

159

In labor force

66

Prevented from working

78
   

Persons 65 years and over

299

With a mobility or self-care limitation

136

With a mobility limitation

95

With a self-care limitation

102
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

152

Women 25 to 34 years

1,315

Women 35 to 44 years

1,519
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

305

65 years and over

64
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,367

Native population

3,341

Percent born in state of residence

64.6

Foreign-born population

26

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,139

Speak a language other than English

32

Do not speak English "very well"

13

Speak Spanish

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

7

Do not speak English "very well"

7
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,728

Arab

0

Austrian

12

Belgian

0

Canadian

11

Czech

9

Danish

0

Dutch

217

English

610

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

76

French Canadian

0

German

938

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

627

Italian

128

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

13

Polish

80

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

25

Scotch-Irish

245

Scottish

137

Slovak

15

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

33

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

267

Welsh

18

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

267
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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