DP-2: Social Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: United States
Subject	Number
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
Total population	248,709,873
Urban population	187,051,543
Rural population	61,658,330
Farm population	3,871,583
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school	64,987,101
Preprimary school	4,503,285
Elementary or high school	42,566,788
Percent in private school	9.8
College	17,917,028
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Persons 25 years and over	158,868,436
Less than 9th grade	16,502,211
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	22,841,507
High school graduate	47,642,763
Some college, no degree	29,779,777
Associate degree	9,791,925
Bachelor's degree	20,832,567
Graduate or professional degree	11,477,686
Percent high school graduate or higher	75.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.3
RESIDENCE IN 1985
Persons 5 years and over	230,445,777
Lived in same house	122,796,970
Lived in different house in U.S.	102,540,097
Same state	80,954,800
Same county	58,675,635
Different county	22,279,165
Different state	21,585,297
Lived abroad	5,108,710
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
Persons 16 to 64 years	157,323,922
With a mobility or self-care limitation	7,214,762
With a mobility limitation	3,452,631
With a self-care limitation	5,383,939
With a work disability	12,826,449
In labor force	5,043,990
Prevented from working	6,594,029
Persons 65 years and over	29,563,511
With a mobility or self-care limitation	5,943,441
With a mobility limitation	4,611,920
With a self-care limitation	3,524,084
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years	305
Women 25 to 34 years	1,330
Women 35 to 44 years	1,960
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over	27,481,055
65 years and over	7,158,654
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	248,709,873
Native population	228,942,557
Percent born in state of residence	67.1
Foreign-born population	19,767,316
Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990	8,663,627
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Persons 5 years and over	230,445,777
Speak a language other than English	31,844,979
Do not speak English very well""	13,982,502
Speak Spanish	17,345,064
Do not speak English very well""	8,309,995
Speak Asian or Pacific Island language	4,471,621
Do not speak English very well""	2,420,355
ANCESTRY
Total ancestries reported	296,379,515
Arab	870,738
Austrian	870,531
Belgian	394,655
Canadian	560,891
Czech	1,615,477
Danish	1,634,669
Dutch	6,227,089
English	32,655,779
Finnish	658,870
French (except Basque)	10,337,400
French Canadian	2,835,398
German	57,985,595
Greek	1,110,373
Hungarian	1,582,302
Irish	38,769,200
Italian	14,714,939
Lithuanian	811,865
Norwegian	3,869,395
Polish	9,366,106
Portuguese	1,153,351
Romanian	365,544
Russian	2,951,373
Scotch-Irish	5,617,773
Scottish	5,393,581
Slovak	1,882,897
Subsaharan African	506,188
Swedish	4,680,863
Swiss	1,045,495
Ukrainian	740,803
United States or American	13,052,277
Welsh	2,033,893
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,155,490
Yugoslavian	497,684
Other ancestries	68,431,031
(X) Not applicable  Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)              Matrices P1, P6, P13, P28, P33, P34, P36, P38, P39, P42, P43, P54, P58, P64, P66, P69.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population
and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
Prepared by: Pennsylvania State Data Center