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DP-2. Social Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: DeSoto County, Florida

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf390.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

23,865

Urban population

10,633

Rural population

13,232

Farm population

676

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

4,711

Preprimary school

324

Elementary or high school

3,821

Percent in private school

3.1

College

566

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

16,171

Less than 9th grade

3,037

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,327

High school graduate

4,973

Some college, no degree

2,005

Associate degree

608

Bachelor's degree

631

Graduate or professional degree

590

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

54.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.6

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

22,292

Lived in same house

10,616

Lived in different house in U.S.

11,199

Same state

8,621

Same county

5,893

Different county

2,728

Different state

2,578

Lived abroad

477

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

12,493

With a mobility or self-care limitation

917

With a mobility limitation

573

With a self-care limitation

656

With a work disability

1,800

In labor force

606

Prevented from working

1,086

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

4,379

With a mobility or self-care limitation

777

With a mobility limitation

603

With a self-care limitation

524

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

577

Women 25 to 34 years

1,883

Women 35 to 44 years

2,235

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

3,229

65 years and over

1,243

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

23,865

Native population

22,548

Percent born in state of residence

48.9

Foreign-born population

1,317

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

674

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

22,292

Speak a language other than English

2,398

Do not speak English "very well"

1,121

Speak Spanish

1,955

Do not speak English "very well"

956

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

139

Do not speak English "very well"

44

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

24,268

Arab

37

Austrian

49

Belgian

21

Canadian

76

Czech

42

Danish

54

Dutch

530

English

3,363

Finnish

20

French (except Basque)

917

French Canadian

169

German

3,951

Greek

63

Hungarian

103

Irish

3,492

Italian

548

Lithuanian

10

Norwegian

175

Polish

323

Portuguese

8

Romanian

7

Russian

37

Scotch-Irish

432

Scottish

577

Slovak

43

Subsaharan African

14

Swedish

147

Swiss

24

Ukrainian

7

United States or American

2,199

Welsh

136

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

17

Yugoslavian

22

Other ancestries

6,655

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
             Matrices P1, P6, P13, P28, P33, P34, P36, P38, P39, P42, P43, P54, P58, P64, P66, P69.