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

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................      2,499
Urban population....................................................          0
    Percent of total population.....................................        0.0
Rural population....................................................      2,499
    Percent of total population.....................................      100.0
  Farm population...................................................        506
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................        555
Preprimary school...................................................         50
Elementary or high school...........................................        436
  Percent in private school.........................................        0.5
College.............................................................         69
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      1,760
Less than 9th grade.................................................        221
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        206
High school graduate................................................        598
Some college, no degree.............................................        429
Associates degree...................................................         77
Bachelor's degree...................................................        165
Graduate or professional degree.....................................         64
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       75.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       13.0
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................      2,343
Lived in same house.................................................      1,284
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      1,057
  Same State........................................................        784
    Same county.....................................................        471
    Different county................................................        313
  Different State...................................................        273
Lived abroad........................................................          2
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      1,382
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................         28
  With a mobility limitation........................................         18
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         15
With a work disability..............................................        101
    In labor force..................................................         45
  Prevented from working............................................         48
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................        447
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................         45
  With a mobility limitation........................................         43
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         30


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 2
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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        600
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,590
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,435
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................        309
  65 years and over.................................................         84
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................      2,465
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       43.1
Foreign-born population.............................................         34
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         16
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................      2,343
Speak a language other than English.................................        114
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         44
  Speak Spanish.....................................................         87
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         32
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................          0
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          0
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................      3,256
Arab................................................................          0
Austrian............................................................          0
Belgian.............................................................         14
Canadian............................................................          0
Czech...............................................................         28
Danish..............................................................         97
Dutch...............................................................        105
English.............................................................        566
Finnish.............................................................         21
French (except Basque)..............................................        180
French Canadian.....................................................         18
German..............................................................      1,060
Greek...............................................................          2
Hungarian...........................................................          2
Irish...............................................................        375
Italian.............................................................         23
Lithuanian..........................................................          0
Norwegian...........................................................         83
Polish..............................................................         23
Portuguese..........................................................          0
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................          6
Scotch-Irish........................................................         76


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Scottish............................................................        100
Slovak..............................................................          3
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        146
Swiss...............................................................         30
Ukrainian...........................................................          0
United States or American...........................................         98
Welsh...............................................................         28
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          8
Yugoslavian.........................................................          0
Other ancestries....................................................        164.