Laurel County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Laurel county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,653	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	484	4.2
Kindergarten	782	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,044	51.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,878	24.7
College or graduate school	1,465	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,431	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,227	18.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,218	18.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,999	34.8
Some college, no degree	5,235	15.2
Associate degree	1,086	3.2
Bachelor's degree	2,178	6.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,488	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	41,547	100.0
Never married	7,462	18.0
Now married, except separated	26,324	63.4
Separated	693	1.7
Widowed	2,790	6.7
Female	2,237	5.4
Divorced	4,278	10.3
Female	2,467	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,074	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	571	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	39,313	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,217	10.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,688	100.0
With a disability	1,340	11.5

Population 21 to 64 years	30,892	100.0
With a disability	8,995	29.1
Percent employed	39.6	(X)
No disability	21,897	70.9
Percent employed	74.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,711	100.0
With a disability	3,155	55.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	48,965	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,033	59.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,718	40.3
Same county	10,682	21.8
Different county	9,036	18.5
Same state	5,722	11.7
Different state	3,314	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	214	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	52,715	100.0
Native	52,313	99.2
Born in United States	52,206	99.0
State of residence	42,472	80.6
Different state	9,734	18.5
Born outside United States	107	0.2
Foreign born	402	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	225	0.4
Naturalized citizen	142	0.3
Not a citizen	260	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	402	100.0
Europe	124	30.8
Asia	125	31.1
Africa	9	2.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	53	13.2
Northern America	91	22.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	48,965	100.0
English only	47,923	97.9
Language other than English	1,042	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	346	0.7
Spanish	432	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	178	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	477	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	100	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	113	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	63	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	52,715	100.0
Total ancestries reported	36,710	69.6
Arab	18	0.0
Czech¹	6	0.0
Danish	25	0.0
Dutch	779	1.5
English	4,966	9.4
French (except Basque)¹	493	0.9
French Canadian¹	33	0.1
German	3,523	6.7
Greek	26	0.0
Hungarian	56	0.1
Irish¹	5,008	9.5
Italian	439	0.8
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	75	0.1
Polish	232	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	40	0.1
Scotch-Irish	506	1.0
Scottish	647	1.2
Slovak	27	0.1
Subsaharan African	40	0.1
Swedish	73	0.1
Swiss	425	0.8
Ukrainian	58	0.1
United States or American	13,506	25.6
Welsh	144	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	5,544	10.5

(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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