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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,600

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,600

Farm population

124
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

495

Preprimary school

4

Elementary or high school

419

Percent in private school

0.0

College

72
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,727

Less than 9th grade

511

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

514

High school graduate

479

Some college, no degree

122

Associate degree

42

Bachelor's degree

46

Graduate or professional degree

13
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

40.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

3.4
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,462

Lived in same house

1,811

Lived in different house in U.S.

651

Same state

621

Same county

461

Different county

160

Different state

30

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,727

With a mobility or self-care limitation

138

With a mobility limitation

85

With a self-care limitation

81

With a work disability

217

In labor force

68

Prevented from working

136
   

Persons 65 years and over

372

With a mobility or self-care limitation

145

With a mobility limitation

120

With a self-care limitation

48
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

208

Women 25 to 34 years

1,726

Women 35 to 44 years

2,066
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

238

65 years and over

60
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,600

Native population

2,596

Percent born in state of residence

93.0

Foreign-born population

4

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

4
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,462

Speak a language other than English

71

Do not speak English "very well"

20

Speak Spanish

30

Do not speak English "very well"

7

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

2,198

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

50

English

271

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

74

French Canadian

0

German

225

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

515

Italian

42

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

40

Scottish

24

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

794

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

4

Other ancestries

159
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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