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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

5,167

Urban population

0

Rural population

5,167

Farm population

42
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,109

Preprimary school

44

Elementary or high school

938

Percent in private school

3.2

College

127
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

3,298

Less than 9th grade

770

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

865

High school graduate

980

Some college, no degree

406

Associate degree

128

Bachelor's degree

130

Graduate or professional degree

19
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

50.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

4.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

4,822

Lived in same house

3,270

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,552

Same state

1,413

Same county

1,337

Different county

76

Different state

139

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

3,469

With a mobility or self-care limitation

146

With a mobility limitation

121

With a self-care limitation

95

With a work disability

424

In labor force

195

Prevented from working

222
   

Persons 65 years and over

501

With a mobility or self-care limitation

214

With a mobility limitation

202

With a self-care limitation

122
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

367

Women 25 to 34 years

1,426

Women 35 to 44 years

2,100
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

391

65 years and over

74
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

5,167

Native population

5,157

Percent born in state of residence

89.6

Foreign-born population

10

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

4,822

Speak a language other than English

64

Do not speak English "very well"

30

Speak Spanish

25

Do not speak English "very well"

15

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

10

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

4,405

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

126

English

625

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

190

French Canadian

0

German

488

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

685

Italian

22

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

7

Polish

9

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

167

Scottish

45

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

31

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,637

Welsh

7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

366
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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