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Lexington Kentucky Social and demographic information
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Lexington Kentucky Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Lexington-Fayette
| 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 |
260,512 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
76,330 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
245,064 |
94.1 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
4,666 |
6.1 |
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Born in
United States |
243,266 |
93.4 |
| Kindergarten |
3,218 |
4.2 |
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State
of residence |
165,682 |
63.6 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
25,518 |
33.4 |
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Different state |
77,584 |
29.8 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
11,420 |
15.0 |
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Born
outside United States |
1,798 |
0.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
31,508 |
41.3 |
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Foreign born |
15,448 |
5.9 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
10,374 |
4.0 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
3,913 |
1.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
167,235 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
11,535 |
4.4 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
8,539 |
5.1 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
15,213 |
9.1 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
37,448 |
22.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
15,448 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
35,721 |
21.4 |
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Europe |
2,726 |
17.6 |
| Associate
degree |
10,699 |
6.4 |
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Asia |
5,624 |
36.4 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
35,385 |
21.2 |
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Africa |
719 |
4.7 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
24,230 |
14.5 |
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Oceania |
86 |
0.6 |
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Latin America |
5,681 |
36.8 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
85.8 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
612 |
4.0 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
35.6 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
244,455 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
213,646 |
100.0 |
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English only |
224,074 |
91.7 |
| Never married |
68,697 |
32.2 |
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Language other
than English |
20,381 |
8.3 |
| Now married,
except separated |
105,583 |
49.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
9,359 |
3.8 |
| Separated |
4,177 |
2.0 |
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Spanish |
9,778 |
4.0 |
| Widowed |
11,681 |
5.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
5,319 |
2.2 |
| Female |
9,759 |
4.6 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
5,313 |
2.2 |
| Divorced |
23,508 |
11.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,446 |
0.6 |
| Female |
13,451 |
6.3 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
4,179 |
1.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,336 |
1.0 |
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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 |
260,512 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
3,645 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
242,647 |
93.1 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
1,946 |
53.4 |
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Arab |
1,227 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
648 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
456 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
204,956 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
3,561 |
1.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
23,444 |
11.4 |
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English |
32,399 |
12.4 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
5,325 |
2.0 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
837 |
0.3 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
35,189 |
13.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
54,517 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
684 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
4,731 |
8.7 |
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Hungarian |
952 |
0.4 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
160,431 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
31,281 |
12.0 |
| With a
disability |
27,110 |
16.9 |
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Italian |
6,664 |
2.6 |
| Percent
employed |
61.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
303 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
133,321 |
83.1 |
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Norwegian |
1,221 |
0.5 |
| Percent
employed |
81.4 |
(X) |
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Polish |
3,508 |
1.3 |
| Population
65 years and over |
24,569 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
149 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
10,592 |
43.1 |
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Russian |
1,145 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
7,515 |
2.9 |
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Scottish |
6,375 |
2.4 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
311 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
244,455 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
2,033 |
0.8 |
| Same house in
1995 |
103,984 |
42.5 |
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Swedish |
1,543 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
132,194 |
54.1 |
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Swiss |
684 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
71,449 |
29.2 |
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Ukrainian |
450 |
0.2 |
| Different
county |
60,745 |
24.8 |
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United States
or American |
30,490 |
11.7 |
| Same state |
32,975 |
13.5 |
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Welsh |
2,129 |
0.8 |
| Different
state |
27,770 |
11.4 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
305 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
8,277 |
3.4 |
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Other
ancestries |
65,263 |
25.1 |
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| Date: January
2, 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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