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

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

1,083,592

Urban population

969,743

Rural population

113,849

Farm population

943

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

286,218

Preprimary school

26,320

Elementary or high school

177,024

Percent in private school

11.5

College

82,874

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

717,210

Less than 9th grade

31,429

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

78,774

High school graduate

184,626

Some college, no degree

157,275

Associate degree

48,864

Bachelor's degree

135,767

Graduate or professional degree

80,475

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

84.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

30.2

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,005,695

Lived in same house

535,691

Lived in different house in U.S.

456,027

Same state

390,069

Same county

259,850

Different county

130,219

Different state

65,958

Lived abroad

13,977

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

723,264

With a mobility or self-care limitation

25,311

With a mobility limitation

12,782

With a self-care limitation

17,871

With a work disability

48,581

In labor force

21,616

Prevented from working

21,438

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

112,821

With a mobility or self-care limitation

21,997

With a mobility limitation

17,432

With a self-care limitation

12,065

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

193

Women 25 to 34 years

1,089

Women 35 to 44 years

1,824

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

112,416

65 years and over

26,462

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,083,592

Native population

1,007,435

Percent born in state of residence

75.9

Foreign-born population

76,157

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

20,364

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,005,695

Speak a language other than English

87,734

Do not speak English "very well"

29,220

Speak Spanish

12,926

Do not speak English "very well"

4,041

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

13,429

Do not speak English "very well"

6,468

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,464,508

Arab

15,495

Austrian

5,650

Belgian

6,308

Canadian

10,064

Czech

6,566

Danish

6,041

Dutch

26,436

English

179,322

Finnish

13,452

French (except Basque)

71,193

French Canadian

23,409

German

300,630

Greek

7,335

Hungarian

16,438

Irish

177,573

Italian

62,707

Lithuanian

6,992

Norwegian

9,415

Polish

119,945

Portuguese

611

Romanian

7,303

Russian

34,259

Scotch-Irish

24,141

Scottish

43,688

Slovak

11,209

Subsaharan African

905

Swedish

20,166

Swiss

3,478

Ukrainian

8,140

United States or American

37,697

Welsh

9,224

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

890

Yugoslavian

3,804

Other ancestries

194,022

(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.