Lagrange, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1344340, place: LaGrange city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,625 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 740 (9.7%)
Kindergarten: 430 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,572 (46.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,730 (22.69%)
College or graduate school: 1,153 (15.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,726 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,711 (10.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,929 (18.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,694 (29.85%)
Some college, no degree: 2,570 (16.34%)
Associate degree: 522 (3.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,123 (13.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,177 (7.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,909 (100%)
Never married: 6,118 (30.73%)
Now married, except separated: 8,526 (42.82%)
Separated: 1,045 (5.25%)
Total Widowed: 1,859 (9.34%)
Widowed Female: 1,607 (8.07%)
Total Divorced: 2,361 (11.86%)
Divorced Female: 1,438 (7.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 885 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 446 (50.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,819 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,127 (11.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,815 (100%)
--With a disability: 732 (10.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,742 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,590 (26.12%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 10,152 (73.88%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,328 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,586 (47.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,342 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,250 (46.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,539 (51.51%)
--Same county: 8,115 (33.34%)
--Different county: 4,424 (18.17%)
----Same state: 2,168 (8.91%)
----Different state: 2,256 (9.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 553 (2.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,393 (100%)
Native: 25,623 (97.08%)
--Born in United States: 25,494 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,825 (71.33%)
----Different state: 6,669 (25.27%)
--Born outside United States: 129 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 770 (2.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 486 (1.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 166 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 604 (2.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 770 (100%)
Europe: 103 (13.38%)
Asia: 191 (24.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 452 (58.7%)
Northern America: 24 (3.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,342 (100%)
English only: 23,135 (95.04%)
Language other than English: 1,207 (4.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 559 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 906 (3.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 480 (1.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 139 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 145 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,393 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,883% (82.91%)
Arab: 43 (0.16%)
Czech: 5 (0.02%)
Danish: 40 (0.15%)
Dutch: 125 (0.47%)
English: 1,617 (6.13%)
French (except Basque): 273 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 65 (0.25%)
German: 863 (3.27%)
Greek: 42 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,388 (5.26%)
Italian: 252 (0.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 86 (0.33%)
Polish: 117 (0.44%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.07%)
Russian: 8 (0.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 516 (1.96%)
Scottish: 461 (1.75%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 192 (0.73%)
Swedish: 98 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 3,573 (13.54%)
Welsh: 31 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 12,054 (45.67%)

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