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

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

1,203,789

Urban population

1,203,789

Rural population

0

Farm population

0

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

342,170

Preprimary school

15,597

Elementary or high school

233,710

Percent in private school

16.4

College

92,863

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

735,022

Less than 9th grade

135,918

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

169,011

High school graduate

207,262

Some college, no degree

101,869

Associate degree

31,201

Bachelor's degree

53,649

Graduate or professional degree

36,112

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

58.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.2

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,102,253

Lived in same house

703,248

Lived in different house in U.S.

324,503

Same state

304,468

Same county

219,996

Different county

84,472

Different state

20,035

Lived abroad

74,502

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

748,202

With a mobility or self-care limitation

85,526

With a mobility limitation

34,423

With a self-care limitation

69,250

With a work disability

80,756

In labor force

20,115

Prevented from working

52,593

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

129,321

With a mobility or self-care limitation

37,018

With a mobility limitation

26,864

With a self-care limitation

24,450

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

401

Women 25 to 34 years

1,417

Women 35 to 44 years

2,113

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

70,762

65 years and over

20,450

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

1,203,789

Native population

928,996

Percent born in state of residence

69.6

Foreign-born population

274,793

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

136,974

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

1,102,253

Speak a language other than English

526,910

Do not speak English "very well"

251,753

Speak Spanish

428,376

Do not speak English "very well"

208,991

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

19,136

Do not speak English "very well"

12,229

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

1,115,102

Arab

1,707

Austrian

5,860

Belgian

160

Canadian

530

Czech

1,577

Danish

536

Dutch

1,575

English

9,988

Finnish

534

French (except Basque)

4,157

French Canadian

1,229

German

28,780

Greek

4,963

Hungarian

5,375

Irish

64,969

Italian

92,584

Lithuanian

1,191

Norwegian

727

Polish

18,447

Portuguese

1,177

Romanian

2,157

Russian

17,463

Scotch-Irish

1,584

Scottish

2,037

Slovak

1,830

Subsaharan African

12,063

Swedish

1,468

Swiss

562

Ukrainian

2,077

United States or American

19,996

Welsh

415

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

68,460

Yugoslavian

2,275

Other ancestries

736,649

(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.