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Yancey County:Cane River Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,094

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,094

Farm population

152
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

129

Preprimary school

20

Elementary or high school

97

Percent in private school

0.0

College

12
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

812

Less than 9th grade

131

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

188

High school graduate

310

Some college, no degree

74

Associate degree

61

Bachelor's degree

32

Graduate or professional degree

16
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

60.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

5.9
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,022

Lived in same house

753

Lived in different house in U.S.

269

Same state

214

Same county

164

Different county

50

Different state

55

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

705

With a mobility or self-care limitation

29

With a mobility limitation

6

With a self-care limitation

23

With a work disability

48

In labor force

20

Prevented from working

5
   

Persons 65 years and over

228

With a mobility or self-care limitation

56

With a mobility limitation

44

With a self-care limitation

30
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

0

Women 25 to 34 years

1,500

Women 35 to 44 years

1,420
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

144

65 years and over

51
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,094

Native population

1,087

Percent born in state of residence

88.2

Foreign-born population

7

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,022

Speak a language other than English

28

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

11

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

1,159

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

33

English

382

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

20

French Canadian

0

German

170

Greek

0

Hungarian

0

Irish

241

Italian

6

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

6

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

59

Scottish

34

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

0

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

115

Welsh

7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

86
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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