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Wilkes County:Union Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,084

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,084

Farm population

0
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

289

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

256

Percent in private school

3.5

College

33
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

720

Less than 9th grade

256

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

129

High school graduate

231

Some college, no degree

67

Associate degree

9

Bachelor's degree

14

Graduate or professional degree

14
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

46.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

3.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,044

Lived in same house

886

Lived in different house in U.S.

158

Same state

143

Same county

103

Different county

40

Different state

15

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

699

With a mobility or self-care limitation

65

With a mobility limitation

50

With a self-care limitation

40

With a work disability

106

In labor force

8

Prevented from working

90
   

Persons 65 years and over

127

With a mobility or self-care limitation

42

With a mobility limitation

42

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

468

Women 25 to 34 years

1,195

Women 35 to 44 years

2,000
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

107

65 years and over

22
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,084

Native population

1,074

Percent born in state of residence

91.2

Foreign-born population

10

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,044

Speak a language other than English

32

Do not speak English "very well"

14

Speak Spanish

32

Do not speak English "very well"

14

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,007

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

120

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

8

French Canadian

0

German

193

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

102

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

8

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

7

Scottish

8

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

470

Welsh

29

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

62
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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