Laclede County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Laclede county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,953	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	529	6.7
Kindergarten	472	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,013	50.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,923	24.2
College or graduate school	1,016	12.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,120	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,969	9.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,754	17.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,680	41.1
Some college, no degree	3,722	17.6
Associate degree	605	2.9
Bachelor's degree	1,678	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	712	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,402	100.0
Never married	4,514	17.8
Now married, except separated	16,188	63.7
Separated	417	1.6
Widowed	1,792	7.1
Female	1,478	5.8
Divorced	2,491	9.8
Female	1,308	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	598	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	349	58.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,826	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,777	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,623	100.0
With a disability	573	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	17,868	100.0
With a disability	3,895	21.8
Percent employed	48.2	(X)
No disability	13,973	78.2
Percent employed	80.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,410	100.0
With a disability	2,033	46.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,275	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,381	54.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,786	45.5
Same county	8,158	26.9
Different county	5,628	18.6
Same state	3,015	10.0
Different state	2,613	8.6
Elsewhere in 1995	108	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,513	100.0
Native	32,223	99.1
Born in United States	31,988	98.4
State of residence	21,707	66.8
Different state	10,281	31.6
Born outside United States	235	0.7
Foreign born	290	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	65	0.2
Naturalized citizen	129	0.4
Not a citizen	161	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	290	100.0
Europe	121	41.7
Asia	42	14.5
Africa	6	2.1
Oceania	2	0.7
Latin America	108	37.2
Northern America	11	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,275	100.0
English only	29,464	97.3
Language other than English	811	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	263	0.9
Spanish	388	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	183	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	276	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	66	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,513	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,290	83.9
Arab	19	0.1
Czech¹	124	0.4
Danish	210	0.6
Dutch	757	2.3
English	2,829	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	934	2.9
French Canadian¹	101	0.3
German	5,052	15.5
Greek	13	0.0
Hungarian	30	0.1
Irish¹	3,805	11.7
Italian	429	1.3
Lithuanian	29	0.1
Norwegian	191	0.6
Polish	326	1.0
Portuguese	11	0.0
Russian	45	0.1
Scotch-Irish	441	1.4
Scottish	495	1.5
Slovak	17	0.1
Subsaharan African	4	0.0
Swedish	265	0.8
Swiss	76	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,850	21.1
Welsh	88	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	44	0.1
Other ancestries	4,105	12.6

(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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