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

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................      8,145
Urban population....................................................      3,271
    Percent of total population.....................................       40.2
Rural population....................................................      4,874
    Percent of total population.....................................       59.8
  Farm population...................................................        966
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      2,155
Preprimary school...................................................        183
Elementary or high school...........................................      1,690
  Percent in private school.........................................        2.5
College.............................................................        282
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      5,321
Less than 9th grade.................................................        515
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        566
High school graduate................................................      2,110
Some college, no degree.............................................      1,166
Associates degree...................................................        360
Bachelor's degree...................................................        466
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        138
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       79.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       11.4
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................      7,537
Lived in same house.................................................      3,954
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      3,551
  Same State........................................................      2,819
    Same county.....................................................      1,978
    Different county................................................        841
  Different State...................................................        732
Lived abroad........................................................         32
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      4,710
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        307
  With a mobility limitation........................................         70
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        261
With a work disability..............................................        382
    In labor force..................................................        159
  Prevented from working............................................        183
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      1,227
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        216
  With a mobility limitation........................................        208
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         97


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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        298
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,828
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,419
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................        944
  65 years and over.................................................        232
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................      8,033
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       47.5
Foreign-born population.............................................        112
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         46
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................      7,537
Speak a language other than English.................................        553
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        156
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        312
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         96
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         39
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          7
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     11,205
Arab................................................................         12
Austrian............................................................          8
Belgian.............................................................         13
Canadian............................................................          1
Czech...............................................................        121
Danish..............................................................        246
Dutch...............................................................        439
English.............................................................      1,734
Finnish.............................................................          9
French (except Basque)..............................................        453
French Canadian.....................................................        100
German..............................................................      3,587
Greek...............................................................         11
Hungarian...........................................................         12
Irish...............................................................      1,543
Italian.............................................................        117
Lithuanian..........................................................          6
Norwegian...........................................................        302
Polish..............................................................         69
Portuguese..........................................................         30
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................         75
Scotch-Irish........................................................        467


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Scottish............................................................        163
Slovak..............................................................          0
Subsaharan African..................................................          3
Swedish.............................................................        356
Swiss...............................................................         84
Ukrainian...........................................................         38
United States or American...........................................        138
Welsh...............................................................         78
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
Yugoslavian.........................................................         10
Other ancestries....................................................        980.