Lamar, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2940376, place: Lamar city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 921 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (6.62%)
Kindergarten: 87 (9.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 451 (48.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 198 (21.5%)
College or graduate school: 124 (13.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,891 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 281 (9.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 433 (14.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,123 (38.84%)
Some college, no degree: 631 (21.83%)
Associate degree: 120 (4.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 171 (5.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 132 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,437 (100%)
Never married: 622 (18.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,775 (51.64%)
Separated: 69 (2.01%)
Total Widowed: 455 (13.24%)
Widowed Female: 386 (11.23%)
Total Divorced: 516 (15.01%)
Divorced Female: 311 (9.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (69.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,262 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 450 (13.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 907 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (8.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,138 (100%)
--With a disability: 455 (21.28%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 1,683 (78.72%)
----Percent employed: 86.7%
Population 65 years and over: 857 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (39.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,013 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,181 (54.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,817 (45.28%)
--Same county: 1,079 (26.89%)
--Different county: 738 (18.39%)
----Same state: 453 (11.29%)
----Different state: 285 (7.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,353 (100%)
Native: 4,319 (99.22%)
--Born in United States: 4,308 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,156 (72.5%)
----Different state: 1,152 (26.46%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 34 (0.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.14%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (0.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 17 (50%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,013 (100%)
English only: 3,907 (97.36%)
Language other than English: 106 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 60 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,353 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,142% (95.15%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 12 (0.28%)
Dutch: 118 (2.71%)
English: 511 (11.74%)
French (except Basque): 160 (3.68%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.05%)
German: 1,058 (24.31%)
Greek: 4 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 689 (15.83%)
Italian: 125 (2.87%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.16%)
Polish: 47 (1.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 142 (3.26%)
Scottish: 28 (0.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (0.55%)
Swiss: 13 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 608 (13.97%)
Welsh: 6 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 588 (13.51%)

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