DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Lapeer town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 687 100.0
      enrolled in school 212 100.0   Native 685 99.7
Nursery school, preschool 12 5.7       Born in United States 678 98.7
Kindergarten 15 7.1           State of residence 610 88.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 110 51.9           Different state 68 9.9
High school (grades 9-12) 44 20.8       Born outside United States 7 1.0
College or graduate school 31 14.6   Foreign born 2 0.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 0 0.0
  Population 25 years and over 426 100.0       Not a citizen 2 0.3
Less than 9th grade 22 5.2        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 25 5.9   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 191 44.8     Total (excluding born at sea) 2 100.0
Some college, no degree 82 19.2   Europe 0 0.0
Associate degree 69 16.2   Asia 2 100.0
Bachelor's degree 23 5.4   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 14 3.3   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 89.0 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 8.7 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 647 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 511 100.0   English only 629 97.2
Never married 102 20.0   Language other than English 18 2.8
Now married, except separated 333 65.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 6 0.9
Separated 13 2.5   Spanish 1 0.2
Widowed 16 3.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 16 3.1   Other Indo-European languages 9 1.4
Divorced 47 9.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 6 0.9
 Female 21 4.1   Asian and Pacific Island languages 8 1.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 687 100.0
           under 18 years 5 100.0     Total ancestries reported 668 97.2
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 2 0.3
          Civilian population 18 years and over 489 100.0   Dutch 16 2.3
Civilian veterans 59 12.1   English 123 17.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 25 3.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 13 1.9
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 140 20.4
     Population 5 to 20 years 188 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 13 6.9   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 411 100.0   Irish¹ 157 22.9
With a disability 73 17.8   Italian 14 2.0
 Percent employed 58.9 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 338 82.2   Norwegian 4 0.6
 Percent employed 86.1 (X)   Polish 12 1.7
     Population 65 years and over 48 100.0   Portuguese 4 0.6
With a disability 17 35.4   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 4 0.6
        Scottish 6 0.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 647 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 446 68.9   Swedish 17 2.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 199 30.8   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 123 19.0   Ukrainian 4 0.6
 Different county 76 11.7   United States or American 67 9.8
  Same state 59 9.1   Welsh 2 0.3
  Different state 17 2.6   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 2 0.3   Other ancestries 58 8.4
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-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.