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Wilkes County:Jobs Cabin Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

422

Urban population

0

Rural population

422

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

105

Preprimary school

11

Elementary or high school

80

Percent in private school

0.0

College

14
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

266

Less than 9th grade

61

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

58

High school graduate

66

Some college, no degree

29

Associate degree

11

Bachelor's degree

13

Graduate or professional degree

28
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

55.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

399

Lived in same house

264

Lived in different house in U.S.

135

Same state

94

Same county

55

Different county

39

Different state

41

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

328

With a mobility or self-care limitation

33

With a mobility limitation

26

With a self-care limitation

15

With a work disability

64

In labor force

33

Prevented from working

31
   

Persons 65 years and over

14

With a mobility or self-care limitation

0

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

780

Women 35 to 44 years

2,259
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

39

65 years and over

0
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

422

Native population

422

Percent born in state of residence

77.3

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

399

Speak a language other than English

14

Do not speak English "very well"

7

Speak Spanish

14

Do not speak English "very well"

7

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

308

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

88

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

7

French Canadian

0

German

57

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

59

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

13

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

7

Scotch-Irish

14

Scottish

0

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

27

Welsh

6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

30
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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