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Yancey County:Jacks Creek Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,445

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,445

Farm population

177
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

253

Preprimary school

14

Elementary or high school

227

Percent in private school

0.0

College

12
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

934

Less than 9th grade

196

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

184

High school graduate

313

Some college, no degree

95

Associate degree

81

Bachelor's degree

39

Graduate or professional degree

26
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

59.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,320

Lived in same house

914

Lived in different house in U.S.

406

Same state

338

Same county

290

Different county

48

Different state

68

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

941

With a mobility or self-care limitation

61

With a mobility limitation

30

With a self-care limitation

38

With a work disability

98

In labor force

21

Prevented from working

70
   

Persons 65 years and over

147

With a mobility or self-care limitation

62

With a mobility limitation

47

With a self-care limitation

44
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

385

Women 25 to 34 years

1,317

Women 35 to 44 years

1,631
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

92

65 years and over

31
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,445

Native population

1,435

Percent born in state of residence

83.8

Foreign-born population

10

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,320

Speak a language other than English

11

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

7

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

1,154

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

10

Dutch

18

English

191

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

42

French Canadian

6

German

190

Greek

2

Hungarian

0

Irish

176

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

23

Scotch-Irish

99

Scottish

45

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

35

Swiss

0

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

213

Welsh

20

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

84
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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