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Wilkes County:Boomer Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,856

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,856

Farm population

20
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

386

Preprimary school

13

Elementary or high school

314

Percent in private school

0.0

College

59
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,212

Less than 9th grade

308

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

253

High school graduate

273

Some college, no degree

191

Associate degree

48

Bachelor's degree

115

Graduate or professional degree

24
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

53.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,717

Lived in same house

1,351

Lived in different house in U.S.

366

Same state

351

Same county

247

Different county

104

Different state

15

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,157

With a mobility or self-care limitation

67

With a mobility limitation

58

With a self-care limitation

36

With a work disability

146

In labor force

30

Prevented from working

72
   

Persons 65 years and over

231

With a mobility or self-care limitation

56

With a mobility limitation

40

With a self-care limitation

41
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

286

Women 25 to 34 years

1,438

Women 35 to 44 years

1,686
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

227

65 years and over

76
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,856

Native population

1,856

Percent born in state of residence

90.2

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,717

Speak a language other than English

26

Do not speak English "very well"

17

Speak Spanish

17

Do not speak English "very well"

17

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,783

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

24

English

162

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

25

French Canadian

0

German

305

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

243

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

179

Scottish

132

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

42

Swedish

8

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

181

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

42

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

440
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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