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Craighead 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...............................................     68,956
    Urban Population....................................................     45,833
        Percent Of Total Population.....................................       66.5
    Rural Population....................................................     23,123
        Percent Of Total Population.....................................       33.5
      Farm Population...................................................      1,260

School Enrollment

         Persons 3 Years And Over Enrolled In School....................     19,048
    Preprimary School...................................................      1,085
    Elementary Or High School...........................................     11,280
      Percent In Private School.........................................        3.0
    College.............................................................      6,683

Educational Attainment

      Persons 25 Years And Over.........................................     42,031
    Less Than 9th Grade.................................................      7,095
    9th To 12th Grade, No Diploma.......................................      6,565
    High School Graduate................................................     12,582
    Some College, No Degree.............................................      7,469
    Associates Degree...................................................      1,441
    Bachelor'S Degree...................................................      4,357
    Graduate Or Professional Degree.....................................      2,522

    Percent High School Graduate Or Higher..............................       67.5
    Percent Bachelor'S Degree Or Higher.................................       16.4

Residence In 1985

          Persons 5 Years And Over......................................     64,134
    Lived In Same House.................................................     31,166
    Lived In Different House In U.S.....................................     32,577
      Same State........................................................     25,977
        Same County.....................................................     17,736
        Different County................................................      8,241

      Different State...................................................      6,600
    Lived Abroad........................................................        391

Disability Of Civilian Noninstitutionalized Persons

          Persons 16 To 64 Years........................................     44,974
    With A Mobility Or Self-Care Limitation.............................      1,903
      With A Mobility Limitation........................................      1,081
      With A Self-Care Limitation.......................................      1,233
    With A Work Disability..............................................      4,707
        In Labor Force..................................................      1,614
      Prevented From Working............................................      2,671
          Persons 65 Years And Over.....................................      7,723
    With A Mobility Or Self-Care Limitation.............................      1,915
      With A Mobility Limitation........................................      1,632
      With A Self-Care Limitation.......................................        926

Children Ever Born Per 1,000 Women

    Women 15 To 24 Years................................................        304
    Women 25 To 34 Years................................................      1,404
    Women 35 To 44 Years................................................      2,020

Veteran Status

    Civilian Veterans 16 Years And Over.................................      6,986
      65 Years And Over.................................................      1,601

Nativity And Place Of Birth

    Native Population...................................................     68,405
        Percent Born In State Of Residence..............................       72.1
    Foreign-Born Population.............................................        551
      Entered The U.S. 1980 To 1990.....................................        391

Language Spoken At Home

        Persons 5 Years And Over........................................     64,134
    Speak A Language Other Than English.................................      1,559
        Do Not Speak English 'Very Well'................................        566
      Speak Spanish.....................................................        749
        Do Not Speak English 'Very Well'................................        265
      Speak Asian Or Pacific Island Language............................        125
        Do Not Speak English 'Very Well'................................         53

Ancestry

      Total Ancestries Reported.........................................     74,641
    Arab................................................................        158
    Austrian............................................................         49
    Belgian.............................................................         34
    Canadian............................................................         22
    Czech...............................................................         40
    Danish..............................................................         31
    Dutch...............................................................      2,513
    English.............................................................      8,167
    Finnish.............................................................          7
    French (Except Basque)..............................................      2,141
    French Canadian.....................................................        302
    German..............................................................     12,543
    Greek...............................................................         82
    Hungarian...........................................................         70
    Irish...............................................................     17,204
    Italian.............................................................        816
    Lithuanian..........................................................         22
    Norwegian...........................................................        200
    Polish..............................................................        362
    Portuguese..........................................................         31
    Romanian............................................................          0
    Russian.............................................................         47
    Scotch-Irish........................................................      2,523
    Scottish............................................................      1,165
    Slovak..............................................................        108
    Subsaharan African..................................................         42
    Swedish.............................................................        430
    Swiss...............................................................        145
    Ukrainian...........................................................         74
    United States Or American...........................................     10,095
    Welsh...............................................................        286
    West Indian (Excluding Hispanic Origin Groups)......................         13
    Yugoslavian.........................................................          9
    Other Ancestries....................................................     14,910


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