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

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

422,822

Urban population

243,431

Rural population

179,391

Farm population

18,182

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

97,202

Preprimary school

7,536

Elementary or high school

68,839

Percent in private school

17.4

College

20,827

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

266,024

Less than 9th grade

35,249

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

43,343

High school graduate

103,400

Some college, no degree

28,744

Associate degree

10,919

Bachelor's degree

30,152

Graduate or professional degree

14,217

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

70.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.7

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

389,456

Lived in same house

215,493

Lived in different house in U.S.

169,422

Same state

144,707

Same county

112,740

Different county

31,967

Different state

24,715

Lived abroad

4,541

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

265,070

With a mobility or self-care limitation

7,826

With a mobility limitation

3,817

With a self-care limitation

5,726

With a work disability

16,443

In labor force

8,183

Prevented from working

6,898

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

50,043

With a mobility or self-care limitation

8,125

With a mobility limitation

6,170

With a self-care limitation

4,674

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

279

Women 25 to 34 years

1,427

Women 35 to 44 years

2,048

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

42,179

65 years and over

11,525

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

422,822

Native population

413,801

Percent born in state of residence

83.6

Foreign-born population

9,021

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

3,242

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

389,456

Speak a language other than English

44,626

Do not speak English "very well"

18,585

Speak Spanish

12,792

Do not speak English "very well"

5,399

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

3,412

Do not speak English "very well"

1,936

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

512,241

Arab

423

Austrian

929

Belgian

243

Canadian

397

Czech

729

Danish

638

Dutch

10,344

English

37,439

Finnish

277

French (except Basque)

10,064

French Canadian

1,275

German

249,225

Greek

1,888

Hungarian

1,875

Irish

54,208

Italian

18,471

Lithuanian

1,226

Norwegian

1,186

Polish

10,091

Portuguese

372

Romanian

345

Russian

2,029

Scotch-Irish

8,900

Scottish

7,639

Slovak

3,852

Subsaharan African

222

Swedish

3,324

Swiss

17,547

Ukrainian

1,410

United States or American

16,472

Welsh

6,038

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

225

Yugoslavian

416

Other ancestries

42,522

(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.