Lawrence, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3641553, place: Lawrence village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,249 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 219 (9.74%)
Kindergarten: 116 (5.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,044 (46.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 437 (19.43%)
College or graduate school: 433 (19.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,878 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 92 (2.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 86 (2.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 432 (11.14%)
Some college, no degree: 574 (14.8%)
Associate degree: 201 (5.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,141 (29.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,352 (34.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 64.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,773 (100%)
Never married: 1,003 (21.01%)
Now married, except separated: 3,184 (66.71%)
Separated: 35 (0.73%)
Total Widowed: 350 (7.33%)
Widowed Female: 326 (6.83%)
Total Divorced: 201 (4.21%)
Divorced Female: 116 (2.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (35.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,413 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 370 (8.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,865 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (2.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,108 (100%)
--With a disability: 350 (11.26%)
----Percent employed: 64.9%
--No disability: 2,758 (88.74%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,028 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (22.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,001 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,041 (67.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,924 (32.06%)
--Same county: 688 (11.46%)
--Different county: 1,236 (20.6%)
----Same state: 1,181 (19.68%)
----Different state: 55 (0.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 36 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,522 (100%)
Native: 5,585 (85.63%)
--Born in United States: 5,568 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,157 (79.07%)
----Different state: 411 (6.3%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 937 (14.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (1.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 740 (11.35%)
--Not a citizen: 197 (3.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 937 (100%)
Europe: 526 (56.14%)
Asia: 280 (29.88%)
Africa: 37 (3.95%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 78 (8.32%)
Northern America: 16 (1.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,001 (100%)
English only: 4,569 (76.14%)
Language other than English: 1,432 (23.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 299 (4.98%)
--Spanish: 132 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (1.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 368 (6.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (1.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,522 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,067% (93.02%)
Arab: 61 (0.94%)
Czech: 50 (0.77%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 75 (1.15%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 340 (5.21%)
Greek: 8 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 359 (5.5%)
Irish: 206 (3.16%)
Italian: 221 (3.39%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 634 (9.72%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 460 (7.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 10 (0.15%)
Slovak: 9 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (0.25%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.29%)
United States or American: 951 (14.58%)
Welsh: 7 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,614 (40.08%)

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