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Yancey County:Brush Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

483

Urban population

0

Rural population

483

Farm population

108
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

86

Preprimary school

0

Elementary or high school

72

Percent in private school

0.0

College

14
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

373

Less than 9th grade

114

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

87

High school graduate

95

Some college, no degree

37

Associate degree

0

Bachelor's degree

40

Graduate or professional degree

0
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

46.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

10.7
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

469

Lived in same house

443

Lived in different house in U.S.

11

Same state

11

Same county

11

Different county

0

Different state

0

Lived abroad

15
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

236

With a mobility or self-care limitation

15

With a mobility limitation

0

With a self-care limitation

15

With a work disability

28

In labor force

15

Prevented from working

13
   

Persons 65 years and over

173

With a mobility or self-care limitation

16

With a mobility limitation

16

With a self-care limitation

0
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

478

Women 25 to 34 years

1,613

Women 35 to 44 years

500
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

38

65 years and over

24
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

483

Native population

474

Percent born in state of residence

89.7

Foreign-born population

9

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

469

Speak a language other than English

27

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

0

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

436

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

0

English

56

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

0

French Canadian

0

German

94

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

95

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

8

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

59

Scottish

33

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

40

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

51
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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