Lincoln County, WY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lincoln county wyoming dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,113	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	165	4.0
Kindergarten	243	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,119	51.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,258	30.6
College or graduate school	328	8.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,049	100.0
Less than 9th grade	283	3.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	810	9.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,151	34.8
Some college, no degree	2,636	29.1
Associate degree	614	6.8
Bachelor's degree	1,053	11.6
Graduate or professional degree	502	5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,019	100.0
Never married	2,059	18.7
Now married, except separated	7,339	66.6
Separated	67	0.6
Widowed	550	5.0
Female	429	3.9
Divorced	1,004	9.1
Female	480	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	151	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	93	61.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,063	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,455	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,063	100.0
With a disability	245	6.0

Population 21 to 64 years	7,706	100.0
With a disability	996	12.9
Percent employed	69.3	(X)
No disability	6,710	87.1
Percent employed	76.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,745	100.0
With a disability	664	38.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,594	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,037	59.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,485	40.3
Same county	2,216	16.3
Different county	3,269	24.0
Same state	1,028	7.6
Different state	2,241	16.5
Elsewhere in 1995	72	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,573	100.0
Native	14,375	98.6
Born in United States	14,322	98.3
State of residence	6,450	44.3
Different state	7,872	54.0
Born outside United States	53	0.4
Foreign born	198	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	38	0.3
Naturalized citizen	122	0.8
Not a citizen	76	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	198	100.0
Europe	66	33.3
Asia	21	10.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	66	33.3
Northern America	45	22.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,594	100.0
English only	13,082	96.2
Language other than English	512	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	160	1.2
Spanish	329	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	143	1.1
Other Indo-European languages	122	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	57	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,573	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,298	105.0
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	78	0.5
Danish	660	4.5
Dutch	285	2.0
English	4,042	27.7
French (except Basque)¹	391	2.7
French Canadian¹	56	0.4
German	2,229	15.3
Greek	18	0.1
Hungarian	13	0.1
Irish¹	1,181	8.1
Italian	595	4.1
Lithuanian	11	0.1
Norwegian	513	3.5
Polish	194	1.3
Portuguese	12	0.1
Russian	35	0.2
Scotch-Irish	232	1.6
Scottish	552	3.8
Slovak	15	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	676	4.6
Swiss	432	3.0
Ukrainian	21	0.1
United States or American	1,029	7.1
Welsh	173	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,843	12.6

(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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