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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

59,393

Urban population

5,997

Rural population

53,396

Farm population

1,461
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

12,767

Preprimary school

586

Elementary or high school

9,888

Percent in private school

1.7

College

2,293
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

39,535

Less than 9th grade

9,182

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

8,946

High school graduate

10,654

Some college, no degree

5,194

Associate degree

2,091

Bachelor's degree

2,349

Graduate or professional degree

1,119
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

54.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.8
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

55,848

Lived in same house

37,303

Lived in different house in U.S.

18,515

Same state

16,396

Same county

12,844

Different county

3,552

Different state

2,119

Lived abroad

30
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

39,029

With a mobility or self-care limitation

2,362

With a mobility limitation

1,399

With a self-care limitation

1,631

With a work disability

4,166

In labor force

1,277

Prevented from working

2,551
   

Persons 65 years and over

7,547

With a mobility or self-care limitation

2,073

With a mobility limitation

1,680

With a self-care limitation

1,116
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

373

Women 25 to 34 years

1,289

Women 35 to 44 years

1,923
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

5,510

65 years and over

1,438
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

59,393

Native population

59,203

Percent born in state of residence

89.0

Foreign-born population

190

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

46
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

55,848

Speak a language other than English

1,061

Do not speak English "very well"

366

Speak Spanish

647

Do not speak English "very well"

229

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

65

Do not speak English "very well"

30
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

53,620

Arab

61

Austrian

16

Belgian

0

Canadian

9

Czech

51

Danish

60

Dutch

1,449

English

8,219

Finnish

7

French (except Basque)

1,122

French Canadian

105

German

8,958

Greek

53

Hungarian

6

Irish

8,110

Italian

399

Lithuanian

54

Norwegian

94

Polish

147

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

40

Scotch-Irish

2,514

Scottish

1,242

Slovak

22

Subsaharan African

67

Swedish

117

Swiss

39

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

14,492

Welsh

210

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

42

Yugoslavian

35

Other ancestries

5,880
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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