1990 Census Profile 2 for Weston County


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

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................      6,518
Urban population....................................................      3,043
    Percent of total population.....................................       46.7
Rural population....................................................      3,475
    Percent of total population.....................................       53.3
  Farm population...................................................        405
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      1,794
Preprimary school...................................................        117
Elementary or high school...........................................      1,387
  Percent in private school.........................................        3.1
College.............................................................        290
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................      4,171
Less than 9th grade.................................................        259
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        442
High school graduate................................................      1,832
Some college, no degree.............................................        822
Associates degree...................................................        285
Bachelor's degree...................................................        380
Graduate or professional degree.....................................        151
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       83.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       12.7
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................      6,093
Lived in same house.................................................      3,687
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      2,406
  Same State........................................................      1,696
    Same county.....................................................      1,248
    Different county................................................        448
  Different State...................................................        710
Lived abroad........................................................          0
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................      3,893
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................         37
  With a mobility limitation........................................         35
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         10
With a work disability..............................................        324
    In labor force..................................................        137
  Prevented from working............................................        157
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................        785
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................         78
  With a mobility limitation........................................         68
  With a self-care limitation.......................................         26


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 2
   040 Wyoming                       
   050    Weston County

 
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        466
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,911
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,173
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................        828
  65 years and over.................................................        251
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................      6,490
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       47.3
Foreign-born population.............................................         28
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................          0
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................      6,093
Speak a language other than English.................................         67
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          8
  Speak Spanish.....................................................         36
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          8
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................          2
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................          0
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................      9,644
Arab................................................................          0
Austrian............................................................         32
Belgian.............................................................          0
Canadian............................................................          2
Czech...............................................................        147
Danish..............................................................        118
Dutch...............................................................        366
English.............................................................      1,461
Finnish.............................................................          4
French (except Basque)..............................................        496
French Canadian.....................................................         34
German..............................................................      2,646
Greek...............................................................         11
Hungarian...........................................................         24
Irish...............................................................      1,396
Italian.............................................................        171
Lithuanian..........................................................          5
Norwegian...........................................................        401
Polish..............................................................        233
Portuguese..........................................................          0
Romanian............................................................          0
Russian.............................................................         59
Scotch-Irish........................................................        279


1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 3
   040 Wyoming                       
   050    Weston County

Scottish............................................................        116
Slovak..............................................................         11
Subsaharan African..................................................          0
Swedish.............................................................        371
Swiss...............................................................         29
Ukrainian...........................................................          0
United States or American...........................................        490
Welsh...............................................................        135
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
Yugoslavian.........................................................         20
Other ancestries....................................................        587.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census


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