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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

922

Urban population

0

Rural population

922

Farm population

24
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

158

Preprimary school

8

Elementary or high school

116

Percent in private school

0.0

College

34
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

671

Less than 9th grade

157

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

176

High school graduate

131

Some college, no degree

66

Associate degree

81

Bachelor's degree

9

Graduate or professional degree

51
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

50.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

886

Lived in same house

674

Lived in different house in U.S.

212

Same state

212

Same county

156

Different county

56

Different state

0

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

619

With a mobility or self-care limitation

19

With a mobility limitation

11

With a self-care limitation

19

With a work disability

45

In labor force

8

Prevented from working

28
   

Persons 65 years and over

184

With a mobility or self-care limitation

38

With a mobility limitation

38

With a self-care limitation

22
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

111

Women 25 to 34 years

662

Women 35 to 44 years

1,924
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

76

65 years and over

47
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

922

Native population

922

Percent born in state of residence

94.0

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

886

Speak a language other than English

16

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

8

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

859

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

39

English

133

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

50

French Canadian

0

German

148

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

84

Italian

30

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

43

Scottish

17

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

234

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

81
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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