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

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

10,626

Urban population

4,846

Rural population

5,780

Farm population

434

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,677

Preprimary school

192

Elementary or high school

2,074

Percent in private school

4.9

College

411

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

6,724

Less than 9th grade

1,381

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,327

High school graduate

2,112

Some college, no degree

1,148

Associate degree

229

Bachelor's degree

334

Graduate or professional degree

193

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

59.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

7.8

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

9,729

Lived in same house

5,919

Lived in different house in U.S.

3,759

Same state

2,989

Same county

2,186

Different county

803

Different state

770

Lived abroad

51

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

5,951

With a mobility or self-care limitation

1,151

With a mobility limitation

950

With a self-care limitation

361

With a work disability

967

In labor force

157

Prevented from working

726

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

1,865

With a mobility or self-care limitation

853

With a mobility limitation

775

With a self-care limitation

292

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

501

Women 25 to 34 years

2,169

Women 35 to 44 years

2,266

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

1,140

65 years and over

393

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

10,626

Native population

10,577

Percent born in state of residence

59.4

Foreign-born population

49

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

28

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

9,729

Speak a language other than English

197

Do not speak English "very well"

92

Speak Spanish

132

Do not speak English "very well"

69

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

30

Do not speak English "very well"

5

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

10,754

Arab

99

Austrian

6

Belgian

7

Canadian

0

Czech

58

Danish

2

Dutch

362

English

816

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

379

French Canadian

34

German

2,156

Greek

5

Hungarian

6

Irish

1,474

Italian

78

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

10

Polish

60

Portuguese

9

Romanian

0

Russian

5

Scotch-Irish

239

Scottish

78

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

23

Swedish

5

Swiss

10

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

624

Welsh

34

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

15

Other ancestries

4,160

(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.