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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

7,050

Urban population

2,847

Rural population

4,203

Farm population

25
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,451

Preprimary school

31

Elementary or high school

1,082

Percent in private school

1.8

College

338
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

4,663

Less than 9th grade

1,196

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

856

High school graduate

1,261

Some college, no degree

632

Associate degree

239

Bachelor's degree

317

Graduate or professional degree

162
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

56.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

6,622

Lived in same house

3,980

Lived in different house in U.S.

2,642

Same state

2,321

Same county

1,901

Different county

420

Different state

321

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

4,526

With a mobility or self-care limitation

352

With a mobility limitation

179

With a self-care limitation

259

With a work disability

521

In labor force

116

Prevented from working

362
   

Persons 65 years and over

1,179

With a mobility or self-care limitation

335

With a mobility limitation

283

With a self-care limitation

154
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

457

Women 25 to 34 years

1,123

Women 35 to 44 years

2,208
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

662

65 years and over

197
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

7,050

Native population

7,008

Percent born in state of residence

88.1

Foreign-born population

42

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

35
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

6,622

Speak a language other than English

174

Do not speak English "very well"

100

Speak Spanish

97

Do not speak English "very well"

49

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

23

Do not speak English "very well"

23
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

6,875

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

207

English

894

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

84

French Canadian

26

German

936

Greek

20

Hungarian

0

Irish

718

Italian

52

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

24

Polish

12

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

284

Scottish

173

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

16

Swedish

7

Swiss

6

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

2,481

Welsh

37

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

11

Other ancestries

887
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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