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Wilkes County:Edwards Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

6,300

Urban population

50

Rural population

6,250

Farm population

410
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,275

Preprimary school

42

Elementary or high school

1,004

Percent in private school

0.6

College

229
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

4,293

Less than 9th grade

1,040

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,106

High school graduate

1,223

Some college, no degree

476

Associate degree

236

Bachelor's degree

155

Graduate or professional degree

57
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

50.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

4.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

5,952

Lived in same house

4,144

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,808

Same state

1,593

Same county

936

Different county

657

Different state

215

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

4,132

With a mobility or self-care limitation

250

With a mobility limitation

154

With a self-care limitation

164

With a work disability

441

In labor force

113

Prevented from working

285
   

Persons 65 years and over

968

With a mobility or self-care limitation

270

With a mobility limitation

199

With a self-care limitation

162
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

394

Women 25 to 34 years

1,183

Women 35 to 44 years

1,869
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

675

65 years and over

203
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

6,300

Native population

6,298

Percent born in state of residence

90.0

Foreign-born population

2

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

5,952

Speak a language other than English

80

Do not speak English "very well"

38

Speak Spanish

45

Do not speak English "very well"

23

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

5,290

Arab

0

Austrian

8

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

180

English

833

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

128

French Canadian

6

German

827

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

670

Italian

32

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

31

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

22

Scotch-Irish

200

Scottish

99

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

27

Swiss

6

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,790

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

431
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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