Laurium, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2646360, place: Laurium village, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 570 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (3.68%)
Kindergarten: 13 (2.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 318 (55.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (25.79%)
College or graduate school: 71 (12.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,358 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (3.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 134 (9.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 498 (36.67%)
Some college, no degree: 270 (19.88%)
Associate degree: 116 (8.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 195 (14.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 93 (6.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,630 (100%)
Never married: 394 (24.17%)
Now married, except separated: 833 (51.1%)
Separated: 16 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 189 (11.6%)
Widowed Female: 142 (8.71%)
Total Divorced: 198 (12.15%)
Divorced Female: 108 (6.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (10.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,512 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 251 (16.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 548 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (5.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,048 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (17.27%)
----Percent employed: 44.8%
--No disability: 867 (82.73%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 380 (100%)
--With a disability: 161 (42.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,978 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,226 (61.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 743 (37.56%)
--Same county: 391 (19.77%)
--Different county: 352 (17.8%)
----Same state: 200 (10.11%)
----Different state: 152 (7.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,135 (100%)
Native: 2,123 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 2,110 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,794 (84.03%)
----Different state: 316 (14.8%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 7 (58.33%)
Asia: 5 (41.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,978 (100%)
English only: 1,915 (96.81%)
Language other than English: 63 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.86%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,135 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,755% (129.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.37%)
Danish: 8 (0.37%)
Dutch: 9 (0.42%)
English: 231 (10.82%)
French (except Basque): 218 (10.21%)
French Canadian: 57 (2.67%)
German: 353 (16.53%)
Greek: 2 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.19%)
Irish: 136 (6.37%)
Italian: 229 (10.73%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 54 (2.53%)
Polish: 47 (2.2%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.47%)
Russian: 4 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.61%)
Scottish: 29 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.09%)
Swedish: 183 (8.57%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.14%)
United States or American: 57 (2.67%)
Welsh: 3 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,093 (51.19%)

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