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Watauga County:Shawneehaw Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

574

Urban population

0

Rural population

574

Farm population

93
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

130

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

110

Percent in private school

0.0

College

20
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

355

Less than 9th grade

53

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

62

High school graduate

77

Some college, no degree

62

Associate degree

51

Bachelor's degree

28

Graduate or professional degree

22
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

67.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

14.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

548

Lived in same house

349

Lived in different house in U.S.

199

Same state

132

Same county

76

Different county

56

Different state

67

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

347

With a mobility or self-care limitation

0

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

0

With a work disability

12

In labor force

0

Prevented from working

3
   

Persons 65 years and over

90

With a mobility or self-care limitation

11

With a mobility limitation

11

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

1,000

Women 25 to 34 years

1,286

Women 35 to 44 years

2,898
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

56

65 years and over

19
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

574

Native population

553

Percent born in state of residence

84.1

Foreign-born population

21

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

548

Speak a language other than English

8

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

668

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

3

Dutch

22

English

156

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

198

Greek

0

Hungarian

6

Irish

81

Italian

3

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

4

Scottish

59

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

13

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

35

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

88
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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