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

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

19,033

Urban population

8,902

Rural population

10,131

Farm population

2,557

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

5,224

Preprimary school

384

Elementary or high school

3,217

Percent in private school

2.3

College

1,623

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

11,992

Less than 9th grade

967

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,237

High school graduate

5,472

Some college, no degree

1,742

Associate degree

631

Bachelor's degree

1,187

Graduate or professional degree

756

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

81.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.2

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

17,866

Lived in same house

10,241

Lived in different house in U.S.

7,560

Same state

5,866

Same county

3,763

Different county

2,103

Different state

1,694

Lived abroad

65

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

11,635

With a mobility or self-care limitation

309

With a mobility limitation

164

With a self-care limitation

241

With a work disability

831

In labor force

402

Prevented from working

352

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

2,883

With a mobility or self-care limitation

459

With a mobility limitation

359

With a self-care limitation

339

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

168

Women 25 to 34 years

1,681

Women 35 to 44 years

2,163

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

1,913

65 years and over

603

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

19,033

Native population

18,807

Percent born in state of residence

80.6

Foreign-born population

226

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

114

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

17,866

Speak a language other than English

501

Do not speak English "very well"

129

Speak Spanish

178

Do not speak English "very well"

51

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

103

Do not speak English "very well"

52

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

18,409

Arab

0

Austrian

13

Belgian

440

Canadian

0

Czech

365

Danish

325

Dutch

1,214

English

2,218

Finnish

15

French (except Basque)

664

French Canadian

41

German

6,182

Greek

29

Hungarian

5

Irish

3,066

Italian

139

Lithuanian

40

Norwegian

595

Polish

161

Portuguese

12

Romanian

5

Russian

34

Scotch-Irish

516

Scottish

409

Slovak

86

Subsaharan African

5

Swedish

396

Swiss

82

Ukrainian

11

United States or American

427

Welsh

214

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

23

Other ancestries

677

(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.