DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: LaFayette 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 4,833 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,379 100.0   Native 4,635 95.9
Nursery school, preschool 85 6.2       Born in United States 4,618 95.6
Kindergarten 61 4.4           State of residence 4,292 88.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 630 45.7           Different state 326 6.7
High school (grades 9-12) 352 25.5       Born outside United States 17 0.4
College or graduate school 251 18.2   Foreign born 198 4.1
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 33 0.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 142 2.9
  Population 25 years and over 3,208 100.0       Not a citizen 56 1.2
Less than 9th grade 52 1.6        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 264 8.2   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,049 32.7     Total (excluding born at sea) 198 100.0
Some college, no degree 613 19.1   Europe 74 37.4
Associate degree 333 10.4   Asia 60 30.3
Bachelor's degree 525 16.4   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 372 11.6   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 17 8.6
Percent high school graduate or higher 90.1 (X)   Northern America 47 23.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 28.0 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 4,596 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 3,788 100.0   English only 4,354 94.7
Never married 826 21.8   Language other than English 242 5.3
Now married, except separated 2,380 62.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 49 1.1
Separated 59 1.6   Spanish 54 1.2
Widowed 265 7.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 18 0.4
 Female 220 5.8   Other Indo-European languages 166 3.6
Divorced 258 6.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 31 0.7
 Female 157 4.1   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                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 4,833 100.0
           under 18 years 99 100.0     Total ancestries reported 5,825 120.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 33 33.3   Arab 16 0.3
        Czech¹ 33 0.7
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 31 0.6
          Civilian population 18 years and over 3,533 100.0   Dutch 149 3.1
Civilian veterans 455 12.9   English 989 20.5
        French (except Basque)¹ 320 6.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 157 3.2
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 938 19.4
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,212 100.0   Greek 10 0.2
With a disability 137 11.3   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,807 100.0   Irish¹ 938 19.4
With a disability 373 13.3   Italian 462 9.6
 Percent employed 75.6 (X)   Lithuanian 69 1.4
No disability 2,434 86.7   Norwegian 13 0.3
 Percent employed 86.1 (X)   Polish 302 6.2
     Population 65 years and over 577 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 170 29.5   Russian 77 1.6
        Scotch-Irish 31 0.6
        Scottish 128 2.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 19 0.4
  Population 5 years and over 4,596 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,215 70.0   Swedish 69 1.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,375 29.9   Swiss 37 0.8
 Same county 1,240 27.0   Ukrainian 71 1.5
 Different county 135 2.9   United States or American 442 9.1
  Same state 68 1.5   Welsh 30 0.6
  Different state 67 1.5   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 6 0.1   Other ancestries 494 10.2
 
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.