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

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

367,085

Urban population

293,308

Rural population

73,777

Farm population

7,307

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

115,595

Preprimary school

7,531

Elementary or high school

51,989

Percent in private school

8.0

College

56,075

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

225,973

Less than 9th grade

10,311

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

14,775

High school graduate

61,115

Some college, no degree

41,188

Associate degree

21,408

Bachelor's degree

46,734

Graduate or professional degree

30,442

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

88.9

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

34.2

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

341,384

Lived in same house

152,990

Lived in different house in U.S.

181,802

Same state

144,021

Same county

103,114

Different county

40,907

Different state

37,781

Lived abroad

6,592

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

255,214

With a mobility or self-care limitation

5,188

With a mobility limitation

2,887

With a self-care limitation

3,586

With a work disability

14,164

In labor force

8,087

Prevented from working

4,875

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

31,572

With a mobility or self-care limitation

4,551

With a mobility limitation

3,470

With a self-care limitation

2,583

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

117

Women 25 to 34 years

975

Women 35 to 44 years

1,656

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

34,223

65 years and over

7,443

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

367,085

Native population

353,090

Percent born in state of residence

72.6

Foreign-born population

13,995

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

8,361

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

341,384

Speak a language other than English

21,752

Do not speak English "very well"

7,104

Speak Spanish

5,510

Do not speak English "very well"

1,707

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

5,839

Do not speak English "very well"

3,123

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

508,886

Arab

1,019

Austrian

1,466

Belgian

1,423

Canadian

508

Czech

6,778

Danish

5,447

Dutch

8,340

English

47,322

Finnish

1,626

French (except Basque)

14,273

French Canadian

2,255

German

181,034

Greek

1,106

Hungarian

1,582

Irish

60,666

Italian

11,459

Lithuanian

1,375

Norwegian

54,651

Polish

17,249

Portuguese

211

Romanian

398

Russian

4,499

Scotch-Irish

4,312

Scottish

7,283

Slovak

2,105

Subsaharan African

815

Swedish

9,910

Swiss

11,039

Ukrainian

534

United States or American

5,669

Welsh

3,378

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

373

Yugoslavian

766

Other ancestries

38,015

(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.