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Yancey County:South Toe Township:1990

DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

1,928

Urban population

0

Rural population

1,928

Farm population

86
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

333

Preprimary school

17

Elementary or high school

230

Percent in private school

7.0

College

86
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,370

Less than 9th grade

317

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

271

High school graduate

356

Some college, no degree

70

Associate degree

109

Bachelor's degree

150

Graduate or professional degree

97
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

57.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

18.0
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,803

Lived in same house

1,204

Lived in different house in U.S.

599

Same state

460

Same county

288

Different county

172

Different state

139

Lived abroad

0
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,329

With a mobility or self-care limitation

50

With a mobility limitation

29

With a self-care limitation

27

With a work disability

232

In labor force

39

Prevented from working

118
   

Persons 65 years and over

280

With a mobility or self-care limitation

75

With a mobility limitation

69

With a self-care limitation

26
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

344

Women 25 to 34 years

1,320

Women 35 to 44 years

2,049
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

202

65 years and over

70
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,928

Native population

1,928

Percent born in state of residence

79.4

Foreign-born population

0

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,803

Speak a language other than English

9

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Spanish

9

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

2,008

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

25

English

465

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

8

French Canadian

12

German

354

Greek

0

Hungarian

6

Irish

493

Italian

0

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

12

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

153

Scottish

48

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

13

Swiss

6

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

322

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

91
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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