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Wilkes County:Reddies River Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

9,020

Urban population

40

Rural population

8,980

Farm population

86
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,072

Preprimary school

179

Elementary or high school

1,539

Percent in private school

0.7

College

354
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

5,949

Less than 9th grade

1,069

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,585

High school graduate

1,701

Some college, no degree

893

Associate degree

328

Bachelor's degree

308

Graduate or professional degree

65
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

55.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

6.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

8,445

Lived in same house

5,803

Lived in different house in U.S.

2,642

Same state

2,296

Same county

1,825

Different county

471

Different state

346

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

6,154

With a mobility or self-care limitation

299

With a mobility limitation

182

With a self-care limitation

181

With a work disability

611

In labor force

196

Prevented from working

351
   

Persons 65 years and over

966

With a mobility or self-care limitation

246

With a mobility limitation

196

With a self-care limitation

123
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

313

Women 25 to 34 years

1,305

Women 35 to 44 years

1,667
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

751

65 years and over

209
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

9,020

Native population

9,005

Percent born in state of residence

90.0

Foreign-born population

15

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

8,445

Speak a language other than English

134

Do not speak English "very well"

37

Speak Spanish

88

Do not speak English "very well"

9

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

7

Do not speak English "very well"

7
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

7,900

Arab

61

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

25

Dutch

287

English

1,345

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

99

French Canadian

19

German

1,603

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

1,537

Italian

37

Lithuanian

27

Norwegian

0

Polish

38

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

397

Scottish

274

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

10

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,531

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

20

Other ancestries

590
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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