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Wilkes County:Walnut Grove Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,184

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,184

Farm population

24
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

334

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

308

Percent in private school

0.0

College

26
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

704

Less than 9th grade

157

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

114

High school graduate

267

Some college, no degree

92

Associate degree

14

Bachelor's degree

60

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

61.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

8.5
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,106

Lived in same house

685

Lived in different house in U.S.

421

Same state

400

Same county

350

Different county

50

Different state

21

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

745

With a mobility or self-care limitation

22

With a mobility limitation

6

With a self-care limitation

16

With a work disability

41

In labor force

19

Prevented from working

14
   

Persons 65 years and over

102

With a mobility or self-care limitation

13

With a mobility limitation

6

With a self-care limitation

7
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

491

Women 25 to 34 years

1,786

Women 35 to 44 years

1,701
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

86

65 years and over

28
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,184

Native population

1,184

Percent born in state of residence

96.2

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,106

Speak a language other than English

14

Do not speak English "very well"

7

Speak Spanish

7

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

946

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

28

English

197

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

14

French Canadian

0

German

114

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

112

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

46

Scottish

0

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

353

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

82
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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