La Center, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2143336, place: La Center city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 232 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 18 (7.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (45.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 70 (30.17%)
College or graduate school: 22 (9.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 718 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (14.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 159 (22.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 231 (32.17%)
Some college, no degree: 132 (18.38%)
Associate degree: 30 (4.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 32 (4.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (3.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 847 (100%)
Never married: 154 (18.18%)
Now married, except separated: 447 (52.77%)
Separated: 16 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 141 (16.65%)
Widowed Female: 131 (15.47%)
Total Divorced: 89 (10.51%)
Divorced Female: 54 (6.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 112 (14.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 227 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (11.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 502 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (20.12%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 401 (79.88%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 172 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 989 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 613 (61.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 369 (37.31%)
--Same county: 257 (25.99%)
--Different county: 112 (11.32%)
----Same state: 50 (5.06%)
----Different state: 62 (6.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,052 (100%)
Native: 1,046 (99.43%)
--Born in United States: 1,042 (100%)
----State of residence: 734 (69.77%)
----Different state: 308 (29.28%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.38%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 1 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 989 (100%)
English only: 963 (97.37%)
Language other than English: 26 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 17 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,052 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 843% (80.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.19%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (1.43%)
English: 82 (7.79%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 90 (8.56%)
Greek: 2 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 154 (14.64%)
Italian: 15 (1.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.19%)
Polish: 5 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.19%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.62%)
Scottish: 8 (0.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 225 (21.39%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 208 (19.77%)

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