1990 Census Profile 2 for Goshen County


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

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     12,373
Urban population....................................................      5,651
    Percent of total population.....................................       45.7
Rural population....................................................      6,722
    Percent of total population.....................................       54.3
  Farm population...................................................      1,478
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      3,524
Preprimary school...................................................        216
Elementary or high school...........................................      2,425
  Percent in private school.........................................        3.3
College.............................................................        883
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      7,885
Less than 9th grade.................................................        878
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        976
High school graduate................................................      2,619
Some college, no degree.............................................      1,775
Associates degree...................................................        492
Bachelor's degree...................................................        820
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        325
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       76.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       14.5
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     11,527
Lived in same house.................................................      6,240
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      5,265
  Same State........................................................      3,449
    Same county.....................................................      2,278
    Different county................................................      1,171
  Different State...................................................      1,816
Lived abroad........................................................         22
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      7,261
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        152
  With a mobility limitation........................................         80
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        102
With a work disability..............................................        555
    In labor force..................................................        302
  Prevented from working............................................        215
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      1,892
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        291
  With a mobility limitation........................................        209
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        157


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 2
   040 Wyoming                       
   050    Goshen County

 
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        308
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,949
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,368
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      1,347
  65 years and over.................................................        361
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     12,081
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       42.1
Foreign-born population.............................................        292
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         94
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     11,527
Speak a language other than English.................................        796
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        187
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        569
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        149
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         19
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          0
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     16,688
Arab................................................................          3
Austrian............................................................         18
Belgian.............................................................          0
Canadian............................................................          6
Czech...............................................................        243
Danish..............................................................        253
Dutch...............................................................        564
English.............................................................      2,490
Finnish.............................................................         20
French (except Basque)..............................................        571
French Canadian.....................................................         80
German..............................................................      5,793
Greek...............................................................          8
Hungarian...........................................................         32
Irish...............................................................      2,310
Italian.............................................................         95
Lithuanian..........................................................          2
Norwegian...........................................................        383
Polish..............................................................        123
Portuguese..........................................................          0
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................         84
Scotch-Irish........................................................        536


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 3
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   050    Goshen County

Scottish............................................................        337
Slovak..............................................................         18
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        568
Swiss...............................................................         55
Ukrainian...........................................................         30
United States or American...........................................        283
Welsh...............................................................        113
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
Yugoslavian.........................................................          0
Other ancestries....................................................      1,670.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census


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