1990 Census Profile 2 for Riverton


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 1  
   040 Wyoming                       
   160    Riverton city

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................      9,202
Urban population....................................................      9,202
    Percent of total population.....................................      100.0
Rural population....................................................          0
    Percent of total population.....................................        0.0
  Farm population...................................................          0
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      2,670
Preprimary school...................................................        252
Elementary or high school...........................................      1,874
  Percent in private school.........................................        5.8
College.............................................................        544
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      5,783
Less than 9th grade.................................................        375
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        776
High school graduate................................................      1,947
Some college, no degree.............................................      1,350
Associates degree...................................................        339
Bachelor's degree...................................................        733
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        263
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       80.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       17.2
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................      8,465
Lived in same house.................................................      4,365
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      4,058
  Same State........................................................      2,808
    Same county.....................................................      2,208
    Different county................................................        600
  Different State...................................................      1,250
Lived abroad........................................................         42
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      5,302
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        186
  With a mobility limitation........................................         67
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        134
With a work disability..............................................        564
    In labor force..................................................        295
  Prevented from working............................................        198
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      1,137
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        180
  With a mobility limitation........................................        130
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        102.


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 2
   040 Wyoming                       
   160    Riverton city
    
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        371
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,825
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,244
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      1,130
  65 years and over.................................................        340
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................      9,133
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       47.3
Foreign-born population.............................................         69
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         25
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................      8,465
Speak a language other than English.................................        489
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        108
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        157
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         44
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         43
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         14
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     11,954
Arab................................................................          6
Austrian............................................................         58
Belgian.............................................................          7
Canadian............................................................          8
Czech...............................................................         55
Danish..............................................................        151
Dutch...............................................................        240
English.............................................................      1,829
Finnish.............................................................         27
French (except Basque)..............................................        505
French Canadian.....................................................         91
German..............................................................      3,837
Greek...............................................................         66
Hungarian...........................................................         13
Irish...............................................................      1,359
Italian.............................................................        241
Lithuanian..........................................................          0
Norwegian...........................................................        345
Polish..............................................................         82
Portuguese..........................................................         17
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................         34
Scotch-Irish........................................................        253


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 3
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   160    Riverton city

Scottish............................................................        232
Slovak..............................................................         66
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        281
Swiss...............................................................         30
Ukrainian...........................................................          0
United States or American...........................................        326
Welsh...............................................................         80
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          8
Yugoslavian.........................................................          0
Other ancestries....................................................      1,707
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census


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