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

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

108,213

Urban population

71,289

Rural population

36,924

Farm population

1,485

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

23,920

Preprimary school

1,377

Elementary or high school

15,833

Percent in private school

6.0

College

6,710

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

72,412

Less than 9th grade

9,328

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

13,936

High school graduate

21,763

Some college, no degree

11,629

Associate degree

5,187

Bachelor's degree

7,847

Graduate or professional degree

2,722

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

67.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

14.6

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

101,396

Lived in same house

60,891

Lived in different house in U.S.

40,157

Same state

31,681

Same county

23,578

Different county

8,103

Different state

8,476

Lived abroad

348

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

70,812

With a mobility or self-care limitation

3,332

With a mobility limitation

1,634

With a self-care limitation

2,386

With a work disability

5,972

In labor force

2,413

Prevented from working

3,005

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

15,111

With a mobility or self-care limitation

3,156

With a mobility limitation

2,602

With a self-care limitation

1,774

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

280

Women 25 to 34 years

1,263

Women 35 to 44 years

1,856

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

12,117

65 years and over

3,313

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

108,213

Native population

107,043

Percent born in state of residence

79.3

Foreign-born population

1,170

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

352

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

101,396

Speak a language other than English

3,161

Do not speak English "very well"

1,039

Speak Spanish

1,572

Do not speak English "very well"

634

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

149

Do not speak English "very well"

44

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

108,824

Arab

99

Austrian

57

Belgian

7

Canadian

63

Czech

140

Danish

76

Dutch

2,685

English

16,877

Finnish

37

French (except Basque)

1,769

French Canadian

276

German

20,213

Greek

376

Hungarian

123

Irish

14,971

Italian

1,587

Lithuanian

32

Norwegian

290

Polish

544

Portuguese

157

Romanian

0

Russian

167

Scotch-Irish

5,370

Scottish

2,570

Slovak

179

Subsaharan African

85

Swedish

405

Swiss

176

Ukrainian

28

United States or American

15,216

Welsh

605

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

44

Yugoslavian

21

Other ancestries

23,579

(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.