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

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

23,756

Urban population

23,756

Rural population

0

Farm population

0

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

5,665

Preprimary school

426

Elementary or high school

3,097

Percent in private school

1.3

College

2,142

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

16,174

Less than 9th grade

1,685

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

2,183

High school graduate

5,228

Some college, no degree

3,223

Associate degree

968

Bachelor's degree

1,806

Graduate or professional degree

1,081

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

76.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

17.8

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

22,539

Lived in same house

11,613

Lived in different house in U.S.

10,699

Same state

8,266

Same county

4,465

Different county

3,801

Different state

2,433

Lived abroad

227

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

15,069

With a mobility or self-care limitation

461

With a mobility limitation

135

With a self-care limitation

374

With a work disability

1,130

In labor force

484

Prevented from working

589

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

3,340

With a mobility or self-care limitation

591

With a mobility limitation

408

With a self-care limitation

363

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

99

Women 25 to 34 years

1,057

Women 35 to 44 years

1,807

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

3,871

65 years and over

1,229

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

23,756

Native population

23,355

Percent born in state of residence

71.3

Foreign-born population

401

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

137

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

22,539

Speak a language other than English

663

Do not speak English "very well"

195

Speak Spanish

174

Do not speak English "very well"

64

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

121

Do not speak English "very well"

27

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

26,285

Arab

34

Austrian

27

Belgian

6

Canadian

7

Czech

72

Danish

10

Dutch

916

English

4,829

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

752

French Canadian

120

German

6,049

Greek

37

Hungarian

125

Irish

4,200

Italian

664

Lithuanian

24

Norwegian

130

Polish

230

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

14

Scotch-Irish

1,472

Scottish

676

Slovak

61

Subsaharan African

9

Swedish

176

Swiss

55

Ukrainian

21

United States or American

2,361

Welsh

230

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

13

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

2,965

(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.