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Arkansas State Social Statistics

1990 Census Of Population And Housing

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

     Total population...............................................  2,350,725
Urban population....................................................  1,258,198
    Percent of total population.....................................       53.5
Rural population....................................................  1,092,527
    Percent of total population.....................................       46.5
  Farm population...................................................     63,589

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................    582,405
Preprimary school...................................................     31,852
Elementary or high school...........................................    428,238
  Percent in private school.........................................        5.4
College.............................................................    122,315

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

  Persons 25 years and over.........................................  1,496,150
Less than 9th grade.................................................    227,633
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................    275,848
High school graduate................................................    489,570
Some college, no degree.............................................    249,100
Associates degree...................................................     54,695
Bachelor's degree...................................................    132,712
Graduate or professional degree.....................................     66,592

Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       66.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       13.3

RESIDENCE IN 1985

      Persons 5 years and over......................................  2,186,665
Lived in same house.................................................  1,187,542
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................    986,784
  Same State........................................................    746,287
    Same county.....................................................    546,571
    Different county................................................    199,716
  Different State...................................................    240,497
Lived abroad........................................................     12,339

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................  1,425,891
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................     77,796
  With a mobility limitation........................................     41,348
  With a self-care limitation.......................................     55,446
With a work disability..............................................    159,337
    In labor force..................................................     51,944
  Prevented from working............................................     93,889
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................    330,181
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................     79,455
  With a mobility limitation........................................     63,201
  With a self-care limitation.......................................     47,302
  

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

Women 15 to 24 years................................................        405
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,598
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      2,144

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................    265,055
  65 years and over.................................................     77,406

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Native population...................................................  2,325,858
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       67.8
Foreign-born population.............................................     24,867
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................     10,446

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

    Persons 5 years and over........................................  2,186,665
Speak a language other than English.................................     60,781
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................     21,385
  Speak Spanish.....................................................     27,351
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................     10,066
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................      8,972
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................      4,310

ANCESTRY

  Total ancestries reported.........................................  2,494,359
Arab................................................................      1,854
Austrian............................................................      1,746
Belgian.............................................................        892
Canadian............................................................      1,336
Czech...............................................................      5,298
Danish..............................................................      5,014
Dutch...............................................................     72,670
English.............................................................    290,498
Finnish.............................................................        983
French (except Basque)..............................................     75,094
French Canadian.....................................................     11,218
German..............................................................    400,386
Greek...............................................................      2,734
Hungarian...........................................................      2,300
Irish...............................................................    464,514
Italian.............................................................     30,341
Lithuanian..........................................................      1,456
Norwegian...........................................................      8,778
Polish..............................................................     17,600
Portuguese..........................................................      1,337
Romanian............................................................        427
Russian.............................................................      2,595
Scotch-Irish........................................................     67,388
Scottish............................................................     36,231
Slovak..............................................................      3,752
Subsaharan African..................................................      2,277
Swedish.............................................................     16,168
Swiss...............................................................      5,280
Ukrainian...........................................................        870
United States or American...........................................    314,204
Welsh...............................................................     12,436
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................      3,230
Yugoslavian.........................................................        681
Other ancestries....................................................    632,771


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