Lafayette County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lafayette county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,064	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	543	6.7
Kindergarten	435	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,159	51.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,980	24.6
College or graduate school	947	11.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,863	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,629	7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,758	12.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,240	42.3
Some college, no degree	4,348	19.9
Associate degree	862	3.9
Bachelor's degree	1,966	9.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,060	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,995	100.0
Never married	5,113	19.7
Now married, except separated	15,864	61.0
Separated	375	1.4
Widowed	2,190	8.4
Female	1,833	7.1
Divorced	2,453	9.4
Female	1,279	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	398	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	163	41.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,334	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,732	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,674	100.0
With a disability	476	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	17,871	100.0
With a disability	3,358	18.8
Percent employed	58.6	(X)
No disability	14,513	81.2
Percent employed	82.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,439	100.0
With a disability	2,009	45.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,956	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,538	56.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,274	42.9
Same county	6,743	21.8
Different county	6,531	21.1
Same state	4,823	15.6
Different state	1,708	5.5
Elsewhere in 1995	144	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,960	100.0
Native	32,722	99.3
Born in United States	32,591	98.9
State of residence	26,004	78.9
Different state	6,587	20.0
Born outside United States	131	0.4
Foreign born	238	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	97	0.3
Naturalized citizen	121	0.4
Not a citizen	117	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	238	100.0
Europe	80	33.6
Asia	40	16.8
Africa	2	0.8
Oceania	4	1.7
Latin America	110	46.2
Northern America	2	0.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,956	100.0
English only	30,179	97.5
Language other than English	777	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	249	0.8
Spanish	382	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	152	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	337	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	79	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	40	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,960	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,786	93.4
Arab	27	0.1
Czech¹	76	0.2
Danish	70	0.2
Dutch	727	2.2
English	3,189	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	983	3.0
French Canadian¹	86	0.3
German	10,237	31.1
Greek	57	0.2
Hungarian	21	0.1
Irish¹	4,162	12.6
Italian	720	2.2
Lithuanian	13	0.0
Norwegian	199	0.6
Polish	351	1.1
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	49	0.1
Scotch-Irish	754	2.3
Scottish	402	1.2
Slovak	9	0.0
Subsaharan African	19	0.1
Swedish	328	1.0
Swiss	64	0.2
Ukrainian	6	0.0
United States or American	4,047	12.3
Welsh	332	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.1
Other ancestries	3,835	11.6

(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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