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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

5,689

Urban population

0

Rural population

5,689

Farm population

154
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,201

Preprimary school

31

Elementary or high school

1,015

Percent in private school

2.5

College

155
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

3,849

Less than 9th grade

969

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

903

High school graduate

1,159

Some college, no degree

376

Associate degree

188

Bachelor's degree

150

Graduate or professional degree

104
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

51.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

6.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

5,401

Lived in same house

3,846

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,555

Same state

1,450

Same county

1,371

Different county

79

Different state

105

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

3,817

With a mobility or self-care limitation

305

With a mobility limitation

160

With a self-care limitation

238

With a work disability

547

In labor force

170

Prevented from working

345
   

Persons 65 years and over

683

With a mobility or self-care limitation

134

With a mobility limitation

85

With a self-care limitation

87
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

337

Women 25 to 34 years

1,461

Women 35 to 44 years

1,755
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

526

65 years and over

127
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

5,689

Native population

5,665

Percent born in state of residence

90.8

Foreign-born population

24

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

5,401

Speak a language other than English

59

Do not speak English "very well"

15

Speak Spanish

20

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

5,254

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

38

Danish

11

Dutch

120

English

799

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

101

French Canadian

0

German

999

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

758

Italian

62

Lithuanian

27

Norwegian

0

Polish

27

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

190

Scottish

68

Slovak

8

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

27

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,590

Welsh

8

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

421
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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