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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,235

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,235

Farm population

41
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

229

Preprimary school

13

Elementary or high school

194

Percent in private school

0.0

College

22
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

873

Less than 9th grade

222

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

143

High school graduate

278

Some college, no degree

161

Associate degree

34

Bachelor's degree

22

Graduate or professional degree

13
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

58.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

4.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,174

Lived in same house

772

Lived in different house in U.S.

402

Same state

347

Same county

177

Different county

170

Different state

55

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

724

With a mobility or self-care limitation

74

With a mobility limitation

43

With a self-care limitation

74

With a work disability

62

In labor force

0

Prevented from working

55
   

Persons 65 years and over

124

With a mobility or self-care limitation

30

With a mobility limitation

30

With a self-care limitation

22
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

195

Women 25 to 34 years

1,500

Women 35 to 44 years

1,935
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

106

65 years and over

15
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,235

Native population

1,235

Percent born in state of residence

86.2

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,174

Speak a language other than English

11

Do not speak English "very well"

6

Speak Spanish

6

Do not speak English "very well"

6

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

5

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,094

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

9

Dutch

0

English

122

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

29

German

270

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

241

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

64

Scottish

45

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

244

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

70
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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