1990 Census Profile 2 for Big Horn County


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 1  
   040 Wyoming                       
   050    Big Horn County

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     10,525
Urban population....................................................          0
    Percent of total population.....................................        0.0
Rural population....................................................     10,525
    Percent of total population.....................................      100.0
  Farm population...................................................        957
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      2,944
Preprimary school...................................................        139
Elementary or high school...........................................      2,298
  Percent in private school.........................................        1.1
College.............................................................        507
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      6,687
Less than 9th grade.................................................        616
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        918
High school graduate................................................      2,424
Some college, no degree.............................................      1,427
Associates degree...................................................        299
Bachelor's degree...................................................        746
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        257
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       77.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       15.0
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................      9,728
Lived in same house.................................................      6,277
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      3,407
  Same State........................................................      2,412
    Same county.....................................................      1,763
    Different county................................................        649
  Different State...................................................        995
Lived abroad........................................................         44
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      5,839
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        148
  With a mobility limitation........................................        122
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         78
With a work disability..............................................        574
    In labor force..................................................        238
  Prevented from working............................................        287
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      1,661
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        188
  With a mobility limitation........................................        181
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         83


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 2

   040 Wyoming                       
   050    Big Horn County
 
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        338
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      2,175
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,563
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      1,281
  65 years and over.................................................        397
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     10,354
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       56.3
Foreign-born population.............................................        171
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         35
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................      9,728
Speak a language other than English.................................        651
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        153
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        464
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        114
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         17
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          6
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     12,981
Arab................................................................          0
Austrian............................................................         19
Belgian.............................................................         73
Canadian............................................................         13
Czech...............................................................         29
Danish..............................................................        519
Dutch...............................................................        344
English.............................................................      2,989
Finnish.............................................................         53
French (except Basque)..............................................        541
French Canadian.....................................................         31
German..............................................................      3,126
Greek...............................................................          5
Hungarian...........................................................         41
Irish...............................................................      1,171
Italian.............................................................        104
Lithuanian..........................................................          2
Norwegian...........................................................        561
Polish..............................................................         97
Portuguese..........................................................         10
Romanian............................................................         11
Russian.............................................................        126
Scotch-Irish........................................................        356


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 3
   040 Wyoming                       
   050    Big Horn County

Scottish............................................................        602
Slovak..............................................................         15
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        472
Swiss...............................................................        108
Ukrainian...........................................................          3
United States or American...........................................        344
Welsh...............................................................        220
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
Yugoslavian.........................................................          4
Other ancestries....................................................        992.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census


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