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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

9,297

Urban population

3,060

Rural population

6,237

Farm population

113
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,060

Preprimary school

153

Elementary or high school

1,363

Percent in private school

0.7

College

544
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

6,201

Less than 9th grade

1,108

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,239

High school graduate

1,251

Some college, no degree

1,071

Associate degree

413

Bachelor's degree

755

Graduate or professional degree

364
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

62.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

18.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

8,664

Lived in same house

4,780

Lived in different house in U.S.

3,871

Same state

3,238

Same county

2,407

Different county

831

Different state

633

Lived abroad

13
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

5,892

With a mobility or self-care limitation

303

With a mobility limitation

157

With a self-care limitation

221

With a work disability

479

In labor force

204

Prevented from working

254
   

Persons 65 years and over

1,045

With a mobility or self-care limitation

258

With a mobility limitation

189

With a self-care limitation

189
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

515

Women 25 to 34 years

1,246

Women 35 to 44 years

1,923
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

982

65 years and over

256
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

9,297

Native population

9,236

Percent born in state of residence

84.1

Foreign-born population

61

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

7
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

8,664

Speak a language other than English

218

Do not speak English "very well"

43

Speak Spanish

133

Do not speak English "very well"

36

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

14

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

9,102

Arab

0

Austrian

8

Belgian

0

Canadian

9

Czech

13

Danish

15

Dutch

251

English

1,556

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

222

French Canadian

19

German

1,854

Greek

33

Hungarian

6

Irish

1,413

Italian

49

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

19

Polish

36

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

11

Scotch-Irish

520

Scottish

187

Slovak

14

Subsaharan African

9

Swedish

34

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

1,375

Welsh

74

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

1,375
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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