Lexington Fayette, KY Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school76,330100.0
Nursery school, preschool4,6666.1
Kindergarten3,2184.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)25,51833.4
High school (grades 9-12)11,42015.0
College or graduate school31,50841.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over167,235100.0
Less than 9th grade8,5395.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma15,2139.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)37,44822.4
Some college, no degree35,72121.4
Associate degree10,6996.4
Bachelor's degree35,38521.2
Graduate or professional degree24,23014.5
Percent high school graduate or higher85.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher35.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over213,646100.0
Never married68,69732.2
Now married, except separated105,58349.4
Separated4,1772.0
Widowed11,6815.5
Female
9,7594.6
Divorced23,50811.0
Female
13,4516.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years3,645100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren1,94653.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over204,956100.0
Civilian veterans23,44411.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years54,517100.0
With a disability4,7318.7
Population 21 to 64 years160,431100.0
With a disability27,11016.9
Percent employed
61.5(X)
No disability133,32183.1
Percent employed
81.4(X)
Population 65 years and over24,569100.0
With a disability10,59243.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over244,455100.0
Same house in 1995103,98442.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995132,19454.1
Same county
71,44929.2
Different county
60,74524.8
Same state
32,97513.5
Different state
27,77011.4
Elsewhere in 19958,2773.4
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population260,512100.0
Native245,06494.1
Born in United States
243,26693.4
State of residence
165,68263.6
Different state
77,58429.8
Born outside United States
1,7980.7
Foreign born15,4485.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
10,3744.0
Naturalized citizen
3,9131.5
Not a citizen
11,5354.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)15,448100.0
Europe2,72617.6
Asia5,62436.4
Africa7194.7
Oceania860.6
Latin America5,68136.8
Northern America6124.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over244,455100.0
English only224,07491.7
Language other than English20,3818.3
Speak English less than 'very well
9,3593.8
Spanish
9,7784.0
Speak English less than "very well"
5,3192.2
Other Indo-European languages
5,3132.2
Speak English less than "very well"
1,4460.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
4,1791.7
Speak English less than "very well"
2,3361.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population260,512100.0

Total ancestries reported

242,64793.1
Arab1,2270.5
Czech16480.2
Danish4560.2
Dutch3,5611.4
English32,39912.4
French (except Basque)15,3252.0
French Canadian18370.3
German35,18913.5
Greek6840.3
Hungarian9520.4
Irish131,28112.0
Italian6,6642.6
Lithuanian3030.1
Norwegian1,2210.5
Polish3,5081.3
Portuguese1490.1
Russian1,1450.4
Scotch-Irish7,5152.9
Scottish6,3752.4
Slovak3110.1
Subsaharan African2,0330.8
Swedish1,5430.6
Swiss6840.3
Ukrainian4500.2
United States or American30,49011.7
Welsh2,1290.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3050.1
Other ancestries65,26325.1
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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