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

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     38,823
Urban population....................................................     31,707
    Percent of total population.....................................       81.7
Rural population....................................................      7,116
    Percent of total population.....................................       18.3
  Farm population...................................................        378
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................     12,366
Preprimary school...................................................        859
Elementary or high school...........................................      9,103
  Percent in private school.........................................        2.3
College.............................................................      2,404
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................     22,533
Less than 9th grade.................................................      1,174
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      2,986
High school graduate................................................      8,455
Some college, no degree.............................................      5,192
Associates degree...................................................      1,720
Bachelor's degree...................................................      2,344
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        662
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       81.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       13.3
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     35,709
Lived in same house.................................................     19,535
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................     16,086
  Same State........................................................     12,022
    Same county.....................................................     10,035
    Different county................................................      1,987
  Different State...................................................      4,064
Lived abroad........................................................         88
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     24,065
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        665
  With a mobility limitation........................................        263
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        579
With a work disability..............................................      1,660
    In labor force..................................................        874
  Prevented from working............................................        607
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      2,692
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        541
  With a mobility limitation........................................        431
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        282


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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        290
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,864
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,204
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      4,166
  65 years and over.................................................        568
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     38,120
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       44.7
Foreign-born population.............................................        703
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         66
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     35,709
Speak a language other than English.................................      2,408
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        830
  Speak Spanish.....................................................      1,408
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        487
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................        117
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................         66
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     49,900
Arab................................................................          6
Austrian............................................................        318
Belgian.............................................................         88
Canadian............................................................         32
Czech...............................................................        257
Danish..............................................................      1,006
Dutch...............................................................      1,315
English.............................................................      8,598
Finnish.............................................................        592
French (except Basque)..............................................      1,418
French Canadian.....................................................        248
German..............................................................     10,388
Greek...............................................................        268
Hungarian...........................................................        149
Irish...............................................................      6,034
Italian.............................................................      2,374
Lithuanian..........................................................         27
Norwegian...........................................................        929
Polish..............................................................        999
Portuguese..........................................................         43
Romanian............................................................         20
Russian.............................................................        202
Scotch-Irish........................................................        918


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Scottish............................................................      1,596
Slovak..............................................................      1,044
Subsaharan African..................................................          7
Swedish.............................................................      1,245
Swiss...............................................................        324
Ukrainian...........................................................         48
United States or American...........................................      1,453
Welsh...............................................................        642
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................         29
Yugoslavian.........................................................        445
Other ancestries....................................................      6,838.