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Watauga County:Watauga Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,420

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,420

Farm population

139
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

550

Preprimary school

27

Elementary or high school

357

Percent in private school

9.8

College

166
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,713

Less than 9th grade

180

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

195

High school graduate

448

Some college, no degree

237

Associate degree

131

Bachelor's degree

380

Graduate or professional degree

142
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

78.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

30.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,274

Lived in same house

1,357

Lived in different house in U.S.

917

Same state

579

Same county

457

Different county

122

Different state

338

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,652

With a mobility or self-care limitation

80

With a mobility limitation

50

With a self-care limitation

66

With a work disability

153

In labor force

50

Prevented from working

96
   

Persons 65 years and over

292

With a mobility or self-care limitation

67

With a mobility limitation

52

With a self-care limitation

42
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

194

Women 25 to 34 years

677

Women 35 to 44 years

1,696
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

301

65 years and over

95
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,420

Native population

2,393

Percent born in state of residence

64.0

Foreign-born population

27

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,274

Speak a language other than English

12

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

12

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

2,834

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

143

English

450

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

56

French Canadian

10

German

684

Greek

0

Hungarian

2

Irish

351

Italian

54

Lithuanian

3

Norwegian

46

Polish

49

Portuguese

8

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

300

Scottish

142

Slovak

9

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

72

Swiss

29

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

274

Welsh

16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

11

Other ancestries

125
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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