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

110,605

Urban population

45,666

Rural population

64,939

Farm population

1,222

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

25,239

Preprimary school

1,762

Elementary or high school

17,479

Percent in private school

4.6

College

5,998

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

73,374

Less than 9th grade

9,946

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

14,983

High school graduate

23,600

Some college, no degree

11,010

Associate degree

5,236

Bachelor's degree

6,092

Graduate or professional degree

2,507

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

66.0

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.7

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

103,182

Lived in same house

62,713

Lived in different house in U.S.

39,975

Same state

32,915

Same county

23,275

Different county

9,640

Different state

7,060

Lived abroad

494

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

69,126

With a mobility or self-care limitation

4,236

With a mobility limitation

1,868

With a self-care limitation

3,232

With a work disability

6,611

In labor force

2,735

Prevented from working

3,489

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

15,489

With a mobility or self-care limitation

3,656

With a mobility limitation

2,899

With a self-care limitation

2,306

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

387

Women 25 to 34 years

1,422

Women 35 to 44 years

2,014

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

14,214

65 years and over

3,890

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

110,605

Native population

109,698

Percent born in state of residence

81.4

Foreign-born population

907

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

494

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

103,182

Speak a language other than English

2,740

Do not speak English "very well"

986

Speak Spanish

1,315

Do not speak English "very well"

506

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

233

Do not speak English "very well"

117

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

111,356

Arab

136

Austrian

67

Belgian

14

Canadian

83

Czech

42

Danish

46

Dutch

4,412

English

10,849

Finnish

67

French (except Basque)

1,921

French Canadian

184

German

37,181

Greek

14

Hungarian

126

Irish

12,616

Italian

1,297

Lithuanian

89

Norwegian

199

Polish

484

Portuguese

51

Romanian

9

Russian

134

Scotch-Irish

5,761

Scottish

2,192

Slovak

131

Subsaharan African

73

Swedish

343

Swiss

81

Ukrainian

93

United States or American

11,794

Welsh

301

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

55

Yugoslavian

14

Other ancestries

20,497

(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.