Lander, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5644760, place: Lander city, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,661 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 66 (3.97%)
Kindergarten: 88 (5.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 774 (46.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 480 (28.9%)
College or graduate school: 253 (15.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,615 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 256 (5.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 349 (7.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,343 (29.1%)
Some college, no degree: 1,132 (24.53%)
Associate degree: 330 (7.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 783 (16.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 422 (9.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,483 (100%)
Never married: 1,274 (23.24%)
Now married, except separated: 3,010 (54.9%)
Separated: 29 (0.53%)
Total Widowed: 429 (7.82%)
Widowed Female: 360 (6.57%)
Total Divorced: 741 (13.51%)
Divorced Female: 434 (7.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (63.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,097 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 744 (14.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,546 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (10.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,559 (100%)
--With a disability: 508 (14.27%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
--No disability: 3,051 (85.73%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 999 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (34.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,405 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,585 (55.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,751 (42.95%)
--Same county: 1,449 (22.62%)
--Different county: 1,302 (20.33%)
----Same state: 464 (7.24%)
----Different state: 838 (13.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (1.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,775 (100%)
Native: 6,727 (99.29%)
--Born in United States: 6,622 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,960 (43.69%)
----Different state: 3,662 (54.05%)
--Born outside United States: 105 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 48 (0.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 6 (12.5%)
Asia: 7 (14.58%)
Africa: 9 (18.75%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (25%)
Northern America: 14 (29.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,405 (100%)
English only: 6,052 (94.49%)
Language other than English: 353 (5.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (1.73%)
--Spanish: 176 (2.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (1.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 40 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,775 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,750% (114.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 53 (0.78%)
Danish: 201 (2.97%)
Dutch: 172 (2.54%)
English: 1,120 (16.53%)
French (except Basque): 264 (3.9%)
French Canadian: 54 (0.8%)
German: 1,824 (26.92%)
Greek: 8 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.53%)
Irish: 853 (12.59%)
Italian: 195 (2.88%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 239 (3.53%)
Polish: 149 (2.2%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.13%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 131 (1.93%)
Scottish: 314 (4.63%)
Slovak: 7 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.13%)
Swedish: 169 (2.49%)
Swiss: 29 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.24%)
United States or American: 558 (8.24%)
Welsh: 113 (1.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,221 (18.02%)

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