Lawrence County, OH Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lawrence county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,147	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	790	5.2
Kindergarten	857	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,101	46.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,656	24.1
College or graduate school	2,743	18.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	41,685	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,179	7.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,976	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	18,115	43.5
Some college, no degree	7,274	17.4
Associate degree	1,865	4.5
Bachelor's degree	2,678	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,598	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	49,868	100.0
Never married	9,859	19.8
Now married, except separated	29,242	58.6
Separated	817	1.6
Widowed	4,251	8.5
Female	3,525	7.1
Divorced	5,699	11.4
Female	3,196	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,192	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	683	57.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	47,113	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,888	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,855	100.0
With a disability	1,456	10.5

Population 21 to 64 years	35,601	100.0
With a disability	10,315	29.0
Percent employed	41.6	(X)
No disability	25,286	71.0
Percent employed	68.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,483	100.0
With a disability	4,191	49.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	58,476	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,110	65.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	20,174	34.5
Same county	13,278	22.7
Different county	6,896	11.8
Same state	1,555	2.7
Different state	5,341	9.1
Elsewhere in 1995	192	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	62,319	100.0
Native	61,985	99.5
Born in United States	61,784	99.1
State of residence	28,033	45.0
Different state	33,751	54.2
Born outside United States	201	0.3
Foreign born	334	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	170	0.3
Naturalized citizen	185	0.3
Not a citizen	149	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	334	100.0
Europe	132	39.5
Asia	141	42.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	54	16.2
Northern America	7	2.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	58,476	100.0
English only	57,360	98.1
Language other than English	1,116	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	349	0.6
Spanish	560	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	185	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	377	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	117	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	62,319	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,317	67.9
Arab	58	0.1
Czech¹	67	0.1
Danish	11	0.0
Dutch	1,043	1.7
English	5,706	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	720	1.2
French Canadian¹	60	0.1
German	6,447	10.3
Greek	49	0.1
Hungarian	202	0.3
Irish¹	6,196	9.9
Italian	750	1.2
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	119	0.2
Polish	296	0.5
Portuguese	15	0.0
Russian	43	0.1
Scotch-Irish	655	1.1
Scottish	661	1.1
Slovak	53	0.1
Subsaharan African	60	0.1
Swedish	68	0.1
Swiss	53	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	12,730	20.4
Welsh	587	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	5,651	9.1

(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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