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Wilkes County:Stanton Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

460

Urban population

0

Rural population

460

Farm population

51
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

84

Preprimary school

14

Elementary or high school

55

Percent in private school

14.5

College

15
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

306

Less than 9th grade

75

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

18

High school graduate

108

Some college, no degree

52

Associate degree

7

Bachelor's degree

26

Graduate or professional degree

20
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

69.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

440

Lived in same house

282

Lived in different house in U.S.

158

Same state

140

Same county

112

Different county

28

Different state

18

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

290

With a mobility or self-care limitation

33

With a mobility limitation

27

With a self-care limitation

19

With a work disability

42

In labor force

7

Prevented from working

35
   

Persons 65 years and over

80

With a mobility or self-care limitation

11

With a mobility limitation

11

With a self-care limitation

5
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

1,233

Women 35 to 44 years

2,400
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

34

65 years and over

12
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

460

Native population

460

Percent born in state of residence

77.0

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

440

Speak a language other than English

12

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

6

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

6

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

480

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

7

English

131

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

98

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

55

Italian

27

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

22

Scottish

20

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

67

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

53
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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