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Wilkes County:Moravian Falls Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,272

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,272

Farm population

7
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

495

Preprimary school

8

Elementary or high school

402

Percent in private school

0.0

College

85
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,572

Less than 9th grade

429

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

334

High school graduate

360

Some college, no degree

190

Associate degree

77

Bachelor's degree

87

Graduate or professional degree

95
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

51.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,204

Lived in same house

1,429

Lived in different house in U.S.

775

Same state

681

Same county

560

Different county

121

Different state

94

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,591

With a mobility or self-care limitation

91

With a mobility limitation

69

With a self-care limitation

46

With a work disability

211

In labor force

51

Prevented from working

146
   

Persons 65 years and over

307

With a mobility or self-care limitation

81

With a mobility limitation

81

With a self-care limitation

19
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

81

Women 25 to 34 years

1,203

Women 35 to 44 years

2,259
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

203

65 years and over

33
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,272

Native population

2,250

Percent born in state of residence

90.1

Foreign-born population

22

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,204

Speak a language other than English

29

Do not speak English "very well"

15

Speak Spanish

22

Do not speak English "very well"

15

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,974

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

37

English

231

Finnish

7

French (except Basque)

17

French Canadian

6

German

301

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

323

Italian

39

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

8

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

137

Scottish

88

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

258

Welsh

8

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

514
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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