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Wilkes County:Brushy Mountain Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

493

Urban population

0

Rural population

493

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

87

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

80

Percent in private school

0.0

College

7
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

324

Less than 9th grade

62

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

65

High school graduate

77

Some college, no degree

31

Associate degree

24

Bachelor's degree

24

Graduate or professional degree

41
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

60.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

20.1
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

469

Lived in same house

331

Lived in different house in U.S.

138

Same state

138

Same county

138

Different county

0

Different state

0

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

345

With a mobility or self-care limitation

25

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

25

With a work disability

16

In labor force

9

Prevented from working

7
   

Persons 65 years and over

67

With a mobility or self-care limitation

15

With a mobility limitation

15

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

286

Women 25 to 34 years

(X)

Women 35 to 44 years

1,702
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

49

65 years and over

8
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

493

Native population

493

Percent born in state of residence

86.4

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

469

Speak a language other than English

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

0

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

497

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

7

English

85

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

21

French Canadian

0

German

86

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

118

Italian

7

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

59

Scottish

24

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

66

Welsh

15

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

9
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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