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

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     18,994
Urban population....................................................     18,994
    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....................      5,649
Preprimary school...................................................        457
Elementary or high school...........................................      3,932
  Percent in private school.........................................        3.2
College.............................................................      1,260
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................     11,365
Less than 9th grade.................................................        636
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      1,353
High school graduate................................................      4,196
Some college, no degree.............................................      2,528
Associates degree...................................................        966
Bachelor's degree...................................................      1,308
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        378
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       82.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       14.8
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     17,473
Lived in same house.................................................      9,539
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      7,923
  Same State........................................................      6,183
    Same county.....................................................      5,078
    Different county................................................      1,105
  Different State...................................................      1,740
Lived abroad........................................................         11
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     11,697
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        295
  With a mobility limitation........................................         83
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        261
With a work disability..............................................        738
    In labor force..................................................        394
  Prevented from working............................................        267
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      1,780
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        375
  With a mobility limitation........................................        289
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        222.


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 2
   040 Wyoming                       
   160    Rock Springs city
 
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        299
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,718
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,048
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      1,925
  65 years and over.................................................        339
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     18,667
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       49.3
Foreign-born population.............................................        327
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         10
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     17,473
Speak a language other than English.................................      1,184
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        389
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        485
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        157
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................        105
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         57
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     24,323
Arab................................................................          0
Austrian............................................................        191
Belgian.............................................................         36
Canadian............................................................         22
Czech...............................................................        158
Danish..............................................................        423
Dutch...............................................................        579
English.............................................................      3,926
Finnish.............................................................        394
French (except Basque)..............................................        655
French Canadian.....................................................        103
German..............................................................      4,937
Greek...............................................................        156
Hungarian...........................................................        109
Irish...............................................................      2,843
Italian.............................................................      1,612
Lithuanian..........................................................          0
Norwegian...........................................................        361
Polish..............................................................        686
Portuguese..........................................................          4
Romanian............................................................          4
Russian.............................................................        112
Scotch-Irish........................................................        361


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 3
   040 Wyoming                       
   160    Rock Springs city

Scottish............................................................        856
Slovak..............................................................        774
Subsaharan African..................................................          7
Swedish.............................................................        390
Swiss...............................................................        126
Ukrainian...........................................................         26
United States or American...........................................        576
Welsh...............................................................        347
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
Yugoslavian.........................................................        335
Other ancestries....................................................      3,214