Lawrence County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lawrence county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,850	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	746	7.6
Kindergarten	569	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,235	53.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,321	23.6
College or graduate school	979	9.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,175	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,036	6.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,021	16.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,449	46.3
Some college, no degree	4,852	15.6
Associate degree	1,473	4.7
Bachelor's degree	1,989	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,355	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,597	100.0
Never married	6,727	18.4
Now married, except separated	22,280	60.9
Separated	347	0.9
Widowed	3,013	8.2
Female	2,444	6.7
Divorced	4,230	11.6
Female	2,204	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	839	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	530	63.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	34,629	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,868	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,643	100.0
With a disability	716	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	26,303	100.0
With a disability	5,537	21.1
Percent employed	57.2	(X)
No disability	20,766	78.9
Percent employed	79.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,323	100.0
With a disability	3,115	49.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	42,948	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,410	59.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,331	40.4
Same county	12,148	28.3
Different county	5,183	12.1
Same state	3,139	7.3
Different state	2,044	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	207	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	45,922	100.0
Native	45,497	99.1
Born in United States	45,374	98.8
State of residence	37,681	82.1
Different state	7,693	16.8
Born outside United States	123	0.3
Foreign born	425	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	131	0.3
Naturalized citizen	193	0.4
Not a citizen	232	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	425	100.0
Europe	153	36.0
Asia	124	29.2
Africa	25	5.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	85	20.0
Northern America	38	8.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	42,948	100.0
English only	42,055	97.9
Language other than English	893	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	301	0.7
Spanish	432	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	139	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	328	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	112	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	115	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	45,922	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,173	72.2
Arab	15	0.0
Czech¹	19	0.0
Danish	10	0.0
Dutch	768	1.7
English	4,694	10.2
French (except Basque)¹	810	1.8
French Canadian¹	190	0.4
German	5,839	12.7
Greek	62	0.1
Hungarian	74	0.2
Irish¹	4,027	8.8
Italian	648	1.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	169	0.4
Polish	238	0.5
Portuguese	20	0.0
Russian	35	0.1
Scotch-Irish	563	1.2
Scottish	913	2.0
Slovak	18	0.0
Subsaharan African	31	0.1
Swedish	267	0.6
Swiss	77	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	9,036	19.7
Welsh	200	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,450	9.7

(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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