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Wilkes County:New Castle Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,467

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,467

Farm population

117
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

352

Preprimary school

10

Elementary or high school

293

Percent in private school

16.4

College

49
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

906

Less than 9th grade

183

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

188

High school graduate

282

Some college, no degree

75

Associate degree

73

Bachelor's degree

80

Graduate or professional degree

25
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

59.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.6
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,383

Lived in same house

940

Lived in different house in U.S.

426

Same state

391

Same county

240

Different county

151

Different state

35

Lived abroad

17
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

992

With a mobility or self-care limitation

47

With a mobility limitation

24

With a self-care limitation

40

With a work disability

74

In labor force

15

Prevented from working

52
   

Persons 65 years and over

158

With a mobility or self-care limitation

44

With a mobility limitation

35

With a self-care limitation

30
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

288

Women 25 to 34 years

863

Women 35 to 44 years

2,221
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

146

65 years and over

38
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,467

Native population

1,467

Percent born in state of residence

89.7

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,383

Speak a language other than English

28

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

28

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

1,323

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

32

English

315

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

52

French Canadian

0

German

211

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

129

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

71

Scottish

23

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

417

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

73
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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