1990 Census of Population and Housing                                    Page 1  
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   160    Laramie city

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
     Total population...............................................     26,687
Urban population....................................................     26,687
    Percent of total population.....................................      100.0
Rural population....................................................          0
    Percent of total population.....................................        0.0
  Farm population...................................................          0
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
     Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school....................     13,206
Preprimary school...................................................        456
Elementary or high school...........................................      3,540
  Percent in private school.........................................        8.2
College.............................................................      9,210
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
  Persons 25 years and over.........................................     13,687
Less than 9th grade.................................................        481
9th to 12th grade, no diploma.......................................        888
High school graduate................................................      2,640
Some college, no degree.............................................      3,342
Associates degree...................................................        808
Bachelor's degree...................................................      3,065
Graduate or professional degree.....................................      2,463
 
Percent high school graduate or higher..............................       90.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher.................................       40.4
 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
      Persons 5 years and over......................................     25,035
Lived in same house.................................................      8,484
Lived in different house in U.S.....................................     15,898
  Same State........................................................     10,821
    Same county.....................................................      5,058
    Different county................................................      5,763
  Different State...................................................      5,077
Lived abroad........................................................        653
 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
      Persons 16 to 64 years........................................     19,705
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        257
  With a mobility limitation........................................        182
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        159
With a work disability..............................................        913
    In labor force..................................................        467
  Prevented from working............................................        292
      Persons 65 years and over.....................................      1,897
With a mobility or self-care limitation.............................        363
  With a mobility limitation........................................        318
  With a self-care limitation.......................................        194


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CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
Women 15 to 24 years................................................        107
Women 25 to 34 years................................................      1,133
Women 35 to 44 years................................................      1,784
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian veterans 16 years and over.................................      2,322
  65 years and over.................................................        474
 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Native population...................................................     25,752
    Percent born in state of residence..............................       41.9
Foreign-born population.............................................        935
  Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990.....................................        623
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
    Persons 5 years and over........................................     25,035
Speak a language other than English.................................      1,905
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        626
  Speak Spanish.....................................................        922
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        302
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language............................        284
    Do not speak English 'very well'................................        197
 
ANCESTRY
  Total ancestries reported.........................................     36,279
Arab................................................................         52
Austrian............................................................         98
Belgian.............................................................         81
Canadian............................................................         62
Czech...............................................................        236
Danish..............................................................        801
Dutch...............................................................      1,037
English.............................................................      5,715
Finnish.............................................................        118
French (except Basque)..............................................      1,147
French Canadian.....................................................        178
German..............................................................      9,940
Greek...............................................................         68
Hungarian...........................................................         42
Irish...............................................................      4,322
Italian.............................................................        873
Lithuanian..........................................................         16
Norwegian...........................................................      1,017
Polish..............................................................        596
Portuguese..........................................................         66
Romanian............................................................          9
Russian.............................................................        210
Scotch-Irish........................................................        972


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Scottish............................................................      1,134
Slovak..............................................................        178
Subsaharan African..................................................         45
Swedish.............................................................      1,313
Swiss...............................................................        191
Ukrainian...........................................................         38
United States or American...........................................        587
Welsh...............................................................        394
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)......................          8
Yugoslavian.........................................................        108
Other ancestries....................................................      4,627