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

7,669

Urban population

0

Rural population

7,669

Farm population

330

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,250

Preprimary school

117

Elementary or high school

1,247

Percent in private school

0.3

College

886

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

4,720

Less than 9th grade

1,172

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

877

High school graduate

1,365

Some college, no degree

499

Associate degree

139

Bachelor's degree

457

Graduate or professional degree

211

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

56.6

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

14.2

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

7,232

Lived in same house

4,465

Lived in different house in U.S.

2,755

Same state

2,348

Same county

1,205

Different county

1,143

Different state

407

Lived abroad

12

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

4,788

With a mobility or self-care limitation

322

With a mobility limitation

220

With a self-care limitation

153

With a work disability

736

In labor force

153

Prevented from working

485

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

1,152

With a mobility or self-care limitation

311

With a mobility limitation

249

With a self-care limitation

170

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

239

Women 25 to 34 years

1,699

Women 35 to 44 years

2,094

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

916

65 years and over

267

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

7,669

Native population

7,613

Percent born in state of residence

81.8

Foreign-born population

56

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

6

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

7,232

Speak a language other than English

80

Do not speak English "very well"

31

Speak Spanish

13

Do not speak English "very well"

3

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

9

Do not speak English "very well"

9

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

7,535

Arab

2

Austrian

0

Belgian

2

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

8

Dutch

302

English

1,083

Finnish

2

French (except Basque)

122

French Canadian

16

German

2,280

Greek

9

Hungarian

19

Irish

1,271

Italian

156

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

2

Polish

40

Portuguese

8

Romanian

3

Russian

9

Scotch-Irish

202

Scottish

100

Slovak

8

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

39

Swiss

31

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

933

Welsh

50

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

0

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

838

(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.