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Yancey County:Burnsville Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

4,016

Urban population

0

Rural population

4,016

Farm population

100
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

746

Preprimary school

61

Elementary or high school

567

Percent in private school

1.1

College

118
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,808

Less than 9th grade

447

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

504

High school graduate

946

Some college, no degree

354

Associate degree

183

Bachelor's degree

272

Graduate or professional degree

102
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

66.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

13.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,791

Lived in same house

2,314

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,477

Same state

1,185

Same county

859

Different county

326

Different state

292

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,443

With a mobility or self-care limitation

166

With a mobility limitation

110

With a self-care limitation

123

With a work disability

301

In labor force

90

Prevented from working

175
   

Persons 65 years and over

789

With a mobility or self-care limitation

209

With a mobility limitation

178

With a self-care limitation

112
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

511

Women 25 to 34 years

1,142

Women 35 to 44 years

1,900
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

459

65 years and over

174
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

4,016

Native population

3,997

Percent born in state of residence

80.4

Foreign-born population

19

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,791

Speak a language other than English

32

Do not speak English "very well"

13

Speak Spanish

8

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

2

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

3,722

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

3

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

47

English

821

Finnish

5

French (except Basque)

20

French Canadian

6

German

493

Greek

2

Hungarian

2

Irish

601

Italian

47

Lithuanian

2

Norwegian

13

Polish

18

Portuguese

5

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

358

Scottish

137

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

37

Swiss

8

Ukrainian

8

United States or American

673

Welsh

20

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

396
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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