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Boone 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...............................................     28,297
          Urban population....................................................      9,922
              Percent of total population.....................................       35.1
          Rural population....................................................     18,375
              Percent of total population.....................................       64.9
            Farm population...................................................      1,618

School Enrollment


               Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................      6,278
          Preprimary school...................................................        295
          Elementary or high school...........................................      4,881
            Percent in private school.........................................        3.6
          College.............................................................      1,102

Education Attainment


            Persons 25 years and over.........................................     18,765
          Less than 9th grade.................................................      2,811
          9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................      3,260
          High school graduate................................................      6,711
          Some college, no degree.............................................      3,166
          Associates degree...................................................        817
          Bachelor's degree...................................................      1,433
          Graduate or professional degree.....................................        567

          Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       67.6
          Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       10.7

Residence in 1985

          Persons 5 years and over......................................     26,480
          Lived in same house.................................................     14,939
          Lived in different house in U.S.....................................     11,490
            Same State........................................................      8,301
              Same county.....................................................      5,856
              Different county................................................      2,445
            Different State...................................................      3,189
          Lived abroad........................................................         51

Disability of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Persons


                Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     17,104
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        759
            With a mobility limitation........................................        462
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        587
          With a work disability..............................................      1,947
              In labor force..................................................        711
            Prevented from working............................................      1,054
                Persons 65 years and over.....................................      4,585
          With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................      1,092
            With a mobility limitation........................................        907
            With a self-care limitation.......................................        661

Children Ever Born per 1,000 Women


          Women 15 to 24 years................................................        415
          Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,480
          Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,035

Veteran Status


          Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      3,307
            65 years and over.................................................      1,071

Nativity and Place of Birth


          Native population...................................................      1,585
              Percent born in state of residence..............................       60.3
          Foreign-born population.............................................        132
            Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................         33

Language Spoken at Home


              Persons 5 years and over........................................     26,480
          Speak a language other than English.................................        646
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................        181
            Speak Spanish.....................................................        284
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................         62
            Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................         66
              Do not speak English 'very well'................................         45

Ancestry


            Total ancestries reported.........................................     30,971
          Arab................................................................         24
          Austrian............................................................         14
          Belgian.............................................................         38
          Canadian............................................................         29
          Czech...............................................................        131
          Danish..............................................................         54
          Dutch...............................................................      1,233
          English.............................................................      4,466
          Finnish.............................................................          4
          French (except Basque)..............................................      1,167
          French Canadian.....................................................        183
          German..............................................................      5,163
          Greek...............................................................         40
          Hungarian...........................................................         49
          Irish...............................................................      6,379
          Italian.............................................................        330
          Lithuanian..........................................................          6
          Norwegian...........................................................        168
          Polish..............................................................        254
          Portuguese..........................................................          8
          Romanian............................................................          0
          Russian.............................................................         50
          Scotch-Irish........................................................        802
          Scottish............................................................        578
          Slovak..............................................................         54
          Subsaharan African..................................................          0
          Swedish.............................................................        245
          Swiss...............................................................         11
          Ukrainian...........................................................          3
          United States or American...........................................      4,913
          Welsh...............................................................        188
          West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................         57
          Yugoslavian.........................................................         14
          Other ancestries....................................................      4,316



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