Laramie, WY Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school13,399100.0
Nursery school, preschool4373.3
Kindergarten2231.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,04615.3
High school (grades 9-12)1,0377.7
College or graduate school9,65672.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over13,812100.0
Less than 9th grade2601.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma5704.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)2,83620.5
Some college, no degree2,98421.6
Associate degree7055.1
Bachelor's degree3,74327.1
Graduate or professional degree2,71419.6
Percent high school graduate or higher94.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher46.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over23,285100.0
Never married10,66345.8
Now married, except separated9,76942.0
Separated1490.6
Widowed7403.2
Female
6242.7
Divorced1,9648.4
Female
1,1044.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years125100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren6148.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over22,500100.0
Civilian veterans2,2079.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,241100.0
With a disability4926.8
Population 21 to 64 years16,301100.0
With a disability1,94812.0
Percent employed
62.5(X)
No disability14,35388.0
Percent employed
76.5(X)
Population 65 years and over2,063100.0
With a disability74035.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over25,771100.0
Same house in 19958,27432.1
Different house in the U.S. in 199516,86465.4
Same county
5,29520.5
Different county
11,56944.9
Same state
5,40521.0
Different state
6,16423.9
Elsewhere in 19956332.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population27,213100.0
Native26,12396.0
Born in United States
25,85595.0
State of residence
11,11440.8
Different state
14,74154.2
Born outside United States
2681.0
Foreign born1,0904.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
5762.1
Naturalized citizen
2510.9
Not a citizen
8393.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,090100.0
Europe26424.2
Asia37234.1
Africa726.6
Oceania252.3
Latin America21319.5
Northern America14413.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over25,771100.0
English only23,59591.6
Language other than English2,1768.4
Speak English less than 'very well
6222.4
Spanish
1,1444.4
Speak English less than "very well"
3321.3
Other Indo-European languages
6182.4
Speak English less than "very well"
1080.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2961.1
Speak English less than "very well"
1570.6
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population27,213100.0

Total ancestries reported

31,988117.5
Arab690.3
Czech12841.0
Danish5962.2
Dutch4451.6
English4,09815.1
French (except Basque)11,0273.8
French Canadian12180.8
German7,22926.6
Greek1280.5
Hungarian610.2
Irish13,74213.8
Italian1,0373.8
Lithuanian550.2
Norwegian1,3595.0
Polish6132.3
Portuguese430.2
Russian2410.9
Scotch-Irish6112.2
Scottish9053.3
Slovak350.1
Subsaharan African920.3
Swedish1,2034.4
Swiss3081.1
Ukrainian290.1
United States or American1,3414.9
Welsh3791.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)80.0
Other ancestries5,83221.4
(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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