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Lawrence Massachusetts Social and demographic information
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Lawrence Massachusetts Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Lawrence city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
72,043 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
22,677 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
50,032 |
69.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
1,418 |
6.3 |
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Born in
United States |
40,562 |
56.3 |
| Kindergarten |
1,296 |
5.7 |
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State
of residence |
33,753 |
46.9 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
11,373 |
50.2 |
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Different state |
6,809 |
9.5 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
5,133 |
22.6 |
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Born
outside United States |
9,470 |
13.1 |
| College or
graduate school |
3,457 |
15.2 |
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Foreign born |
22,011 |
30.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
9,489 |
13.2 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
6,214 |
8.6 |
| Population
25 years and over |
40,940 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
15,797 |
21.9 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
8,093 |
19.8 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
9,021 |
22.0 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
12,121 |
29.6 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
22,011 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
5,878 |
14.4 |
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Europe |
919 |
4.2 |
| Associate
degree |
1,749 |
4.3 |
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Asia |
1,929 |
8.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
2,391 |
5.8 |
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Africa |
99 |
0.4 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
1,687 |
4.1 |
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Oceania |
10 |
0.0 |
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Latin America |
18,509 |
84.1 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
58.2 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
545 |
2.5 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
10.0 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
65,730 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
52,367 |
100.0 |
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English only |
23,432 |
35.6 |
| Never married |
19,338 |
36.9 |
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Language other
than English |
42,298 |
64.4 |
| Now married,
except separated |
21,390 |
40.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
20,464 |
31.1 |
| Separated |
3,067 |
5.9 |
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Spanish |
36,333 |
55.3 |
| Widowed |
3,413 |
6.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
17,967 |
27.3 |
| Female |
2,783 |
5.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
3,468 |
5.3 |
| Divorced |
5,159 |
9.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,082 |
1.6 |
| Female |
3,453 |
6.6 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
1,919 |
2.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,206 |
1.8 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
72,043 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
2,163 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
68,495 |
95.1 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
824 |
38.1 |
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Arab |
1,290 |
1.8 |
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Czech¹ |
7 |
0.0 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
5 |
0.0 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
49,066 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
13 |
0.0 |
| Civilian
veterans |
3,161 |
6.4 |
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English |
2,306 |
3.2 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
3,381 |
4.7 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
3,175 |
4.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
1,174 |
1.6 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
20,106 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
145 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
2,649 |
13.2 |
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Hungarian |
6 |
0.0 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
38,412 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
4,722 |
6.6 |
| With a
disability |
13,424 |
34.9 |
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Italian |
4,646 |
6.4 |
| Percent
employed |
49.8 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
327 |
0.5 |
| No disability |
24,988 |
65.1 |
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Norwegian |
67 |
0.1 |
| Percent
employed |
65.1 |
(X) |
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Polish |
921 |
1.3 |
| Population
65 years and over |
6,411 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
805 |
1.1 |
| With a
disability |
3,017 |
47.1 |
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Russian |
177 |
0.2 |
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Scotch-Irish |
362 |
0.5 |
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Scottish |
412 |
0.6 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
0 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
65,730 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
249 |
0.3 |
| Same house in
1995 |
28,023 |
42.6 |
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Swedish |
109 |
0.2 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
32,301 |
49.1 |
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Swiss |
19 |
0.0 |
| Same county |
24,430 |
37.2 |
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Ukrainian |
39 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
7,871 |
12.0 |
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United States
or American |
1,975 |
2.7 |
| Same state |
2,249 |
3.4 |
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Welsh |
23 |
0.0 |
| Different
state |
5,622 |
8.6 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
335 |
0.5 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
5,406 |
8.2 |
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Other
ancestries |
41,805 |
58.0 |
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| Date: January
1, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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