Lawrence, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1842426, place: Lawrence city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,747 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 998 (9.29%)
Kindergarten: 727 (6.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,315 (49.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,101 (19.55%)
College or graduate school: 1,606 (14.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,454 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 881 (3.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,649 (10.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,030 (28.75%)
Some college, no degree: 5,655 (23.13%)
Associate degree: 1,679 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,583 (18.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,977 (8.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 29,305 (100%)
Never married: 7,345 (25.06%)
Now married, except separated: 16,373 (55.87%)
Separated: 514 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 1,269 (4.33%)
Widowed Female: 980 (3.34%)
Total Divorced: 3,804 (12.98%)
Divorced Female: 2,039 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 684 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 348 (50.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,505 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,793 (13.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,491 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,064 (11.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,047 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,879 (16.83%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 19,168 (83.17%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 2,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,191 (41.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,819 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,915 (41.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,067 (56.02%)
--Same county: 13,045 (36.42%)
--Different county: 7,022 (19.6%)
----Same state: 2,976 (8.31%)
----Different state: 4,046 (11.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 837 (2.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 39,237 (100%)
Native: 37,096 (94.54%)
--Born in United States: 36,645 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,800 (63.21%)
----Different state: 11,845 (30.19%)
--Born outside United States: 451 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 2,141 (5.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,282 (3.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 830 (2.12%)
--Not a citizen: 1,311 (3.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,141 (100%)
Europe: 275 (12.84%)
Asia: 640 (29.89%)
Africa: 131 (6.12%)
Oceania: 11 (0.51%)
Latin America: 1,042 (48.67%)
Northern America: 42 (1.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,819 (100%)
English only: 32,496 (90.72%)
Language other than English: 3,323 (9.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,536 (4.29%)
--Spanish: 1,695 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 988 (2.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 869 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 561 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 311 (0.87%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 39,237 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,434% (97.95%)
Arab: 137 (0.35%)
Czech: 139 (0.35%)
Danish: 223 (0.57%)
Dutch: 682 (1.74%)
English: 3,346 (8.53%)
French (except Basque): 1,033 (2.63%)
French Canadian: 172 (0.44%)
German: 7,851 (20.01%)
Greek: 119 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 157 (0.4%)
Irish: 4,986 (12.71%)
Italian: 837 (2.13%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 265 (0.68%)
Polish: 779 (1.99%)
Portuguese: 40 (0.1%)
Russian: 149 (0.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 537 (1.37%)
Scottish: 764 (1.95%)
Slovak: 105 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 245 (0.62%)
Swedish: 410 (1.04%)
Swiss: 123 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 59 (0.15%)
United States or American: 3,944 (10.05%)
Welsh: 163 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 102 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 11,044 (28.15%)

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