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DP2:Social Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,482

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,482

Farm population

19
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

255

Preprimary school

19

Elementary or high school

186

Percent in private school

3.2

College

50
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,091

Less than 9th grade

184

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

171

High school graduate

330

Some college, no degree

152

Associate degree

87

Bachelor's degree

104

Graduate or professional degree

63
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

67.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,397

Lived in same house

813

Lived in different house in U.S.

584

Same state

452

Same county

282

Different county

170

Different state

132

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

790

With a mobility or self-care limitation

65

With a mobility limitation

39

With a self-care limitation

44

With a work disability

104

In labor force

30

Prevented from working

59
   

Persons 65 years and over

395

With a mobility or self-care limitation

125

With a mobility limitation

109

With a self-care limitation

69
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

337

Women 25 to 34 years

1,215

Women 35 to 44 years

1,938
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

178

65 years and over

80
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,482

Native population

1,472

Percent born in state of residence

78.4

Foreign-born population

10

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,397

Speak a language other than English

14

Do not speak English "very well"

6

Speak Spanish

4

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,470

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

3

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

26

English

302

Finnish

5

French (except Basque)

13

French Canadian

2

German

211

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

269

Italian

25

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

8

Polish

4

Portuguese

5

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

171

Scottish

36

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

15

Swiss

8

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

245

Welsh

8

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

114
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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