Lawrence County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lawrence county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,345	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	355	8.2
Kindergarten	222	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,961	45.1
High school (grades 9-12)	998	23.0
College or graduate school	809	18.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,824	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,971	16.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,374	20.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,342	36.7
Some college, no degree	1,818	15.4
Associate degree	315	2.7
Bachelor's degree	535	4.5
Graduate or professional degree	469	4.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,304	100.0
Never married	2,522	17.6
Now married, except separated	8,562	59.9
Separated	196	1.4
Widowed	1,438	10.1
Female	1,249	8.7
Divorced	1,586	11.1
Female	813	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	259	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	172	66.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,527	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,761	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,017	100.0
With a disability	453	11.3

Population 21 to 64 years	9,498	100.0
With a disability	2,861	30.1
Percent employed	46.9	(X)
No disability	6,637	69.9
Percent employed	75.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,845	100.0
With a disability	1,683	59.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,657	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,359	56.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,197	43.2
Same county	4,264	25.6
Different county	2,933	17.6
Same state	1,943	11.7
Different state	990	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	101	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,774	100.0
Native	17,663	99.4
Born in United States	17,621	99.1
State of residence	13,482	75.9
Different state	4,139	23.3
Born outside United States	42	0.2
Foreign born	111	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	58	0.3
Naturalized citizen	40	0.2
Not a citizen	71	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	111	100.0
Europe	10	9.0
Asia	34	30.6
Africa	5	4.5
Oceania	3	2.7
Latin America	58	52.3
Northern America	1	0.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,657	100.0
English only	16,406	98.5
Language other than English	251	1.5
Speak English less than 'very well	82	0.5
Spanish	96	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	36	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	108	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	37	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,774	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,468	70.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	6	0.0
Danish	23	0.1
Dutch	350	2.0
English	1,019	5.7
French (except Basque)¹	252	1.4
French Canadian¹	14	0.1
German	1,190	6.7
Greek	2	0.0
Hungarian	9	0.1
Irish¹	1,945	10.9
Italian	108	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	46	0.3
Polish	44	0.2
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	31	0.2
Scotch-Irish	173	1.0
Scottish	240	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	27	0.2
Swedish	40	0.2
Swiss	16	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,600	25.9
Welsh	28	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.1
Other ancestries	2,285	12.9

(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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