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Watauga County:Stony Fork Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,876

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,876

Farm population

61
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

448

Preprimary school

41

Elementary or high school

354

Percent in private school

0.0

College

53
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,149

Less than 9th grade

210

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

188

High school graduate

332

Some college, no degree

176

Associate degree

62

Bachelor's degree

146

Graduate or professional degree

35
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

65.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,718

Lived in same house

1,007

Lived in different house in U.S.

704

Same state

617

Same county

473

Different county

144

Different state

87

Lived abroad

7
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,217

With a mobility or self-care limitation

116

With a mobility limitation

69

With a self-care limitation

64

With a work disability

159

In labor force

40

Prevented from working

119
   

Persons 65 years and over

180

With a mobility or self-care limitation

44

With a mobility limitation

23

With a self-care limitation

28
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

167

Women 25 to 34 years

1,621

Women 35 to 44 years

1,847
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

189

65 years and over

68
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,876

Native population

1,852

Percent born in state of residence

85.3

Foreign-born population

24

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

7
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,718

Speak a language other than English

83

Do not speak English "very well"

22

Speak Spanish

83

Do not speak English "very well"

22

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,689

Arab

48

Austrian

9

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

32

Danish

0

Dutch

32

English

232

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

92

French Canadian

0

German

495

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

248

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

7

Polish

8

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

74

Scottish

30

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

14

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

218

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

150
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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