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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,407

Urban population

3,407

Rural population

0

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

757

Preprimary school

26

Elementary or high school

516

Percent in private school

0.0

College

215
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,350

Less than 9th grade

583

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

388

High school graduate

492

Some college, no degree

372

Associate degree

127

Bachelor's degree

243

Graduate or professional degree

145
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

58.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,192

Lived in same house

1,735

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,457

Same state

1,223

Same county

887

Different county

336

Different state

234

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,997

With a mobility or self-care limitation

199

With a mobility limitation

100

With a self-care limitation

161

With a work disability

258

In labor force

58

Prevented from working

195
   

Persons 65 years and over

618

With a mobility or self-care limitation

182

With a mobility limitation

162

With a self-care limitation

85
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

368

Women 25 to 34 years

1,366

Women 35 to 44 years

2,077
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

311

65 years and over

70
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,407

Native population

3,384

Percent born in state of residence

84.3

Foreign-born population

23

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

23
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,192

Speak a language other than English

71

Do not speak English "very well"

50

Speak Spanish

32

Do not speak English "very well"

20

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

23

Do not speak English "very well"

23
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,622

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

113

English

449

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

46

French Canadian

18

German

449

Greek

12

Hungarian

0

Irish

430

Italian

9

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

24

Polish

12

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

216

Scottish

114

Slovak

7

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,135

Welsh

19

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

5

Other ancestries

564
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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