Lavaca, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0538890, place: Lavaca city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 516 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (4.46%)
Kindergarten: 29 (5.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 264 (51.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 118 (22.87%)
College or graduate school: 82 (15.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,127 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (5.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 168 (14.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 437 (38.78%)
Some college, no degree: 267 (23.69%)
Associate degree: 71 (6.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 85 (7.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (3.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,415 (100%)
Never married: 267 (18.87%)
Now married, except separated: 912 (64.45%)
Separated: 24 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 57 (4.03%)
Widowed Female: 56 (3.96%)
Total Divorced: 155 (10.95%)
Divorced Female: 100 (7.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (32.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,318 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 179 (13.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 514 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (8.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,054 (100%)
--With a disability: 214 (20.3%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
--No disability: 840 (79.7%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 155 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (60.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,728 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 848 (49.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 868 (50.23%)
--Same county: 565 (32.7%)
--Different county: 303 (17.53%)
----Same state: 162 (9.38%)
----Different state: 141 (8.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,851 (100%)
Native: 1,829 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 1,807 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,210 (65.37%)
----Different state: 597 (32.25%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (1.19%)
Foreign born: 22 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 4 (18.18%)
Asia: 2 (9.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (68.18%)
Northern America: 1 (4.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,728 (100%)
English only: 1,658 (95.95%)
Language other than English: 70 (4.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1.62%)
--Spanish: 58 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,851 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,449% (78.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (1.19%)
English: 127 (6.86%)
French (except Basque): 36 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.32%)
German: 178 (9.62%)
Greek: 2 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 199 (10.75%)
Italian: 46 (2.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.27%)
Polish: 15 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (2.27%)
Scottish: 16 (0.86%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.16%)
Swedish: 1 (0.05%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.16%)
United States or American: 415 (22.42%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 324 (17.5%)

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