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

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

5,879

Urban population

0

Rural population

5,879

Farm population

428

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,439

Preprimary school

41

Elementary or high school

1,213

Percent in private school

1.9

College

185

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

3,969

Less than 9th grade

620

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

761

High school graduate

1,207

Some college, no degree

711

Associate degree

167

Bachelor's degree

348

Graduate or professional degree

155

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

65.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.7

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

5,531

Lived in same house

3,443

Lived in different house in U.S.

2,076

Same state

1,614

Same county

1,005

Different county

609

Different state

462

Lived abroad

12

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

3,164

With a mobility or self-care limitation

103

With a mobility limitation

79

With a self-care limitation

57

With a work disability

357

In labor force

135

Prevented from working

197

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

1,167

With a mobility or self-care limitation

182

With a mobility limitation

170

With a self-care limitation

92

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

460

Women 25 to 34 years

1,820

Women 35 to 44 years

2,480

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

582

65 years and over

233

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

5,879

Native population

5,773

Percent born in state of residence

69.6

Foreign-born population

106

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

63

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

5,531

Speak a language other than English

354

Do not speak English "very well"

108

Speak Spanish

316

Do not speak English "very well"

106

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

6,750

Arab

0

Austrian

0

Belgian

5

Canadian

0

Czech

5

Danish

0

Dutch

341

English

1,837

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

256

French Canadian

0

German

998

Greek

1

Hungarian

0

Irish

1,268

Italian

18

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

29

Polish

31

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

230

Scottish

139

Slovak

9

Subsaharan African

2

Swedish

54

Swiss

45

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

122

Welsh

16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

26

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

1,318

(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.