Lafayette, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4740160, place: Lafayette city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 788 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 85 (10.79%)
Kindergarten: 46 (5.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 386 (48.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 179 (22.72%)
College or graduate school: 92 (11.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,830 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 619 (21.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 463 (16.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 910 (32.16%)
Some college, no degree: 473 (16.71%)
Associate degree: 116 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (4.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 116 (4.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,321 (100%)
Never married: 471 (14.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,970 (59.32%)
Separated: 51 (1.54%)
Total Widowed: 390 (11.74%)
Widowed Female: 346 (10.42%)
Total Divorced: 439 (13.22%)
Divorced Female: 248 (7.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (45.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,176 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 331 (10.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 713 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (8.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,161 (100%)
--With a disability: 717 (33.18%)
----Percent employed: 49.4%
--No disability: 1,444 (66.82%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 824 (100%)
--With a disability: 483 (58.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,772 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,226 (59.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,509 (40.01%)
--Same county: 845 (22.4%)
--Different county: 664 (17.6%)
----Same state: 393 (10.42%)
----Different state: 271 (7.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,020 (100%)
Native: 3,945 (98.13%)
--Born in United States: 3,945 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,050 (75.87%)
----Different state: 895 (22.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 75 (1.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 56 (1.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (1.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 75 (100%)
Europe: 7 (9.33%)
Asia: 13 (17.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (73.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,772 (100%)
English only: 3,678 (97.51%)
Language other than English: 94 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,020 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,425% (60.32%)
Arab: 7 (0.17%)
Czech: 6 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.15%)
English: 293 (7.29%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.27%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.62%)
German: 154 (3.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 191 (4.75%)
Italian: 20 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.27%)
Polish: 15 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 34 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 78 (1.94%)
Scottish: 58 (1.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.17%)
Swedish: 38 (0.95%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,007 (25.05%)
Welsh: 33 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 422 (10.5%)

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