Lawrence, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2534550, place: Lawrence city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 22,677 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,418 (6.25%)
Kindergarten: 1,296 (5.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,373 (50.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,133 (22.64%)
College or graduate school: 3,457 (15.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 40,940 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,093 (19.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9,021 (22.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,121 (29.61%)
Some college, no degree: 5,878 (14.36%)
Associate degree: 1,749 (4.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,391 (5.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,687 (4.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 52,367 (100%)
Never married: 19,338 (36.93%)
Now married, except separated: 21,390 (40.85%)
Separated: 3,067 (5.86%)
Total Widowed: 3,413 (6.52%)
Widowed Female: 2,783 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 5,159 (9.85%)
Divorced Female: 3,453 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,163 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 824 (38.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 49,066 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,161 (6.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 20,106 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,649 (13.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 38,412 (100%)
--With a disability: 13,424 (34.95%)
----Percent employed: 49.8%
--No disability: 24,988 (65.05%)
----Percent employed: 65.1%
Population 65 years and over: 6,411 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,017 (47.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 65,730 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,023 (42.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 32,301 (49.14%)
--Same county: 24,430 (37.17%)
--Different county: 7,871 (11.97%)
----Same state: 2,249 (3.42%)
----Different state: 5,622 (8.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,406 (8.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 72,043 (100%)
Native: 50,032 (69.45%)
--Born in United States: 40,562 (100%)
----State of residence: 33,753 (46.85%)
----Different state: 6,809 (9.45%)
--Born outside United States: 9,470 (13.14%)
Foreign born: 22,011 (30.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,489 (13.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,214 (8.63%)
--Not a citizen: 15,797 (21.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22,011 (100%)
Europe: 919 (4.18%)
Asia: 1,929 (8.76%)
Africa: 99 (0.45%)
Oceania: 10 (0.05%)
Latin America: 18,509 (84.09%)
Northern America: 545 (2.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 65,730 (100%)
English only: 23,432 (35.65%)
Language other than English: 42,298 (64.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20,464 (31.13%)
--Spanish: 36,333 (55.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,967 (27.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,468 (5.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,082 (1.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,919 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,206 (1.83%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 72,043 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 68,495% (95.08%)
Arab: 1,290 (1.79%)
Czech: 7 (0.01%)
Danish: 5 (0.01%)
Dutch: 13 (0.02%)
English: 2,306 (3.2%)
French (except Basque): 3,381 (4.69%)
French Canadian: 3,175 (4.41%)
German: 1,174 (1.63%)
Greek: 145 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.01%)
Irish: 4,722 (6.55%)
Italian: 4,646 (6.45%)
Lithuanian: 327 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 67 (0.09%)
Polish: 921 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 805 (1.12%)
Russian: 177 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 362 (0.5%)
Scottish: 412 (0.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 249 (0.35%)
Swedish: 109 (0.15%)
Swiss: 19 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,975 (2.74%)
Welsh: 23 (0.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 335 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 41,805 (58.03%)

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