Lawrence County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lawrence county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,396	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	156	4.6
Kindergarten	158	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,760	51.8
High school (grades 9-12)	785	23.1
College or graduate school	537	15.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,752	100.0
Less than 9th grade	806	7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,209	11.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,497	41.8
Some college, no degree	2,104	19.6
Associate degree	1,093	10.2
Bachelor's degree	683	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	360	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,578	100.0
Never married	2,335	18.6
Now married, except separated	7,515	59.7
Separated	81	0.6
Widowed	1,281	10.2
Female	1,104	8.8
Divorced	1,366	10.9
Female	745	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	198	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	115	58.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,953	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,769	14.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,167	100.0
With a disability	249	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	8,262	100.0
With a disability	1,798	21.8
Percent employed	55.5	(X)
No disability	6,464	78.2
Percent employed	79.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,671	100.0
With a disability	1,077	40.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,590	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,142	62.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,367	36.8
Same county	3,362	23.0
Different county	2,005	13.7
Same state	1,022	7.0
Different state	983	6.7
Elsewhere in 1995	81	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,452	100.0
Native	15,362	99.4
Born in United States	15,291	99.0
State of residence	10,148	65.7
Different state	5,143	33.3
Born outside United States	71	0.5
Foreign born	90	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	35	0.2
Naturalized citizen	9	0.1
Not a citizen	81	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	90	100.0
Europe	17	18.9
Asia	15	16.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	52	57.8
Northern America	6	6.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,590	100.0
English only	14,234	97.6
Language other than English	356	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	168	1.2
Spanish	201	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	140	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	15	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,452	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,197	72.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	6	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	452	2.9
English	1,947	12.6
French (except Basque)¹	433	2.8
French Canadian¹	17	0.1
German	2,587	16.7
Greek	29	0.2
Hungarian	28	0.2
Irish¹	1,401	9.1
Italian	137	0.9
Lithuanian	17	0.1
Norwegian	46	0.3
Polish	47	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	5	0.0
Scotch-Irish	205	1.3
Scottish	159	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	7	0.0
Swedish	104	0.7
Swiss	58	0.4
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	2,342	15.2
Welsh	109	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	25	0.2
Other ancestries	1,031	6.7

(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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