Lawrence County, SD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lawrence county south dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,595	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	259	3.9
Kindergarten	237	3.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,413	36.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,441	21.8
College or graduate school	2,245	34.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,746	100.0
Less than 9th grade	635	4.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,085	7.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,351	31.7
Some college, no degree	3,661	26.6
Associate degree	712	5.2
Bachelor's degree	2,316	16.8
Graduate or professional degree	986	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,881	100.0
Never married	4,488	25.1
Now married, except separated	10,031	56.1
Separated	213	1.2
Widowed	1,285	7.2
Female	1,017	5.7
Divorced	1,864	10.4
Female	1,013	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	161	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	102	63.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,740	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,513	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,581	100.0
With a disability	376	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	11,890	100.0
With a disability	1,761	14.8
Percent employed	54.7	(X)
No disability	10,129	85.2
Percent employed	79.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,012	100.0
With a disability	1,260	41.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,762	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,086	48.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,567	50.9
Same county	4,230	20.4
Different county	6,337	30.5
Same state	3,399	16.4
Different state	2,938	14.2
Elsewhere in 1995	109	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,802	100.0
Native	21,536	98.8
Born in United States	21,458	98.4
State of residence	13,769	63.2
Different state	7,689	35.3
Born outside United States	78	0.4
Foreign born	266	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	103	0.5
Naturalized citizen	134	0.6
Not a citizen	132	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	266	100.0
Europe	118	44.4
Asia	42	15.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	0.8
Latin America	61	22.9
Northern America	43	16.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,762	100.0
English only	19,871	95.7
Language other than English	891	4.3
Speak English less than 'very well	245	1.2
Spanish	381	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	120	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	397	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	28	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,802	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,058	114.9
Arab	22	0.1
Czech¹	392	1.8
Danish	528	2.4
Dutch	757	3.5
English	2,679	12.3
French (except Basque)¹	923	4.2
French Canadian¹	201	0.9
German	7,896	36.2
Greek	7	0.0
Hungarian	33	0.2
Irish¹	2,696	12.4
Italian	401	1.8
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	2,696	12.4
Polish	401	1.8
Portuguese	10	0.0
Russian	327	1.5
Scotch-Irish	282	1.3
Scottish	282	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	15	0.1
Swedish	973	4.5
Swiss	104	0.5
Ukrainian	48	0.2
United States or American	797	3.7
Welsh	102	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	2,474	11.3

(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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