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Ashley County Social Statistics

1990 Census of Population and Housing
STF-3A, (one in six sample data)

For more detailed data please contact Jerry Bell (jlbell@ualr.edu), UALR IEA.

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Urban and Rural Residence


          Total population...............................................          24,319
          Urban population....................................................     12,731
              Percent of total population.....................................       52.4
          Rural population....................................................     11,588
              Percent of total population.....................................       47.6
            Farm population...................................................        414

School Enrollment


          Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................           6,176
          Preprimary school...................................................        257
          Elementary or high school...........................................      5,109
            Percent in private school.........................................        3.2
          College.............................................................        810

Education Attainment


          Persons 25 years and over.........................................       15,222
          Less than 9th grade.................................................      2,468
          9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      3,191
          High school graduate................................................      5,874
          Some college, no degree.............................................      1,964
          Associates degree...................................................        303
          Bachelor's degree...................................................        978
          Graduate or professional degree.....................................        444

          Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       62.8
          Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................        9.3

Residence in 1985


          Persons 5 years and over......................................           22,646
          Lived in same house.................................................     14,600
          Lived in different house in U.S.....................................      7,998
            Same State........................................................      6,390
              Same county.....................................................      5,284
              Different county................................................      1,106
            Different State...................................................      1,608
          Lived abroad........................................................         48

Disability of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Persons


          Persons 16 to 64 years........................................           14,660
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        846
            With a mobility limitation........................................        420
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        639
          With a work disability..............................................      1,648
              In labor force..................................................        537
            Prevented from working............................................      1,027
                Persons 65 years and over.....................................      3,357
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        938
            With a mobility limitation........................................        677
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        707

Children Ever Born per 1,000 Women


          Women 15 to 24 years................................................        444
          Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,766
          Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,346

Veteran Status

    Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      2,278
            65 years and over.................................................        662

Nativity and Place of Birth


          Native population...................................................      1,585
              Percent born in state of residence..............................       72.9
          Foreign-born population.............................................        171
            Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         67

Language Spoken at Home


          Persons 5 years and over........................................         22,646
          Speak a language other than English.................................        523
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................        171
            Speak Spanish.....................................................        365
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................        120
            Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         22
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................          4

Ancestry


          Total ancestries reported.........................................       23,790
          Arab................................................................          0
          Austrian............................................................         12
          Belgian.............................................................          0
          Canadian............................................................         19
          Czech...............................................................          0
          Danish..............................................................         16
          Dutch...............................................................        392
          English.............................................................      2,624
          Finnish.............................................................          8
          French (except Basque)..............................................        472
          French Canadian.....................................................        294
          German..............................................................      1,987
          Greek...............................................................          0
          Hungarian...........................................................         16
          Irish...............................................................      4,242
          Italian.............................................................        214
          Lithuanian..........................................................          0
          Norwegian...........................................................         16
          Polish..............................................................          0
          Portuguese..........................................................         38
          Romanian............................................................          0
          Russian.............................................................          0
          Scotch-Irish........................................................        663
          Scottish............................................................        145
          Slovak..............................................................          6
          Subsaharan African..................................................          9
          Swedish.............................................................         40
          Swiss...............................................................         14
          Ukrainian...........................................................         23
          United States or American...........................................      4,452
          Welsh...............................................................         91
          West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          0
          Yugoslavian.........................................................          0
          Other ancestries....................................................      7,997



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