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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

894

Urban population

0

Rural population

894

Farm population

59
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

169

Preprimary school

4

Elementary or high school

122

Percent in private school

0.0

College

43
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

648

Less than 9th grade

235

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

153

High school graduate

169

Some college, no degree

57

Associate degree

4

Bachelor's degree

6

Graduate or professional degree

24
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

40.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

4.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

852

Lived in same house

625

Lived in different house in U.S.

227

Same state

201

Same county

150

Different county

51

Different state

26

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

596

With a mobility or self-care limitation

27

With a mobility limitation

13

With a self-care limitation

14

With a work disability

49

In labor force

7

Prevented from working

42
   

Persons 65 years and over

152

With a mobility or self-care limitation

54

With a mobility limitation

30

With a self-care limitation

24
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

339

Women 25 to 34 years

1,095

Women 35 to 44 years

1,779
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

83

65 years and over

13
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

894

Native population

894

Percent born in state of residence

85.2

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

852

Speak a language other than English

24

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

24

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

761

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

15

English

89

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

7

French Canadian

0

German

103

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

104

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

62

Scottish

5

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

243

Welsh

7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

126
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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