Leicester

  1. Leicester Legal Resources
  2. Leicester Statistics
  3. Leicester Property/Housing/Real Estate Information
  4. Leicester Employment Information
  5. Leicester Family Information
  6. Leicester Education Information
  7. Leicester Public Benefits Information
  8. Leicester Immigration & Civil Rights Information
  9. Leicester Zip Codes


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Leicester Statistics Back to top
  • Population (2000): 15,702
  • Land Area (2000): 172.960 square kilometers
  • Water Area (2000): 0.408 square kilometers
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Houses (2000): 6,504
Leicester Population - Urban/Rural
Urban/Rural Population Percent
Color 0 Box Urban 5,297 33.02%
Color 1 Box Rural, Farm 363 2.26%
Color 2 Box Rural, Non-farm 10,383 64.72%

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Leicester Employment Information Back to top
Leicester Employment By Industry

Color 0 Box Male, with percent of employed male population
1. Construction 676 15.55%
2. Public Administration 221 5.08%
3. Admin, Support, and Waste Management 186 4.28%
4. Accommodation and Food Services 182 4.19%
5. Educational Services 161 3.70%
6. Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting 152 3.50%
7. Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 147 3.38%
8. Health Care 143 3.29%
9. Building Materials / Hardware / Lawn and Garden Supplies 135 3.11%
10. Repair and Maintenance 134 3.08%
11. Machinery Manufacturing 116 2.67%
12. Food and Beverage Stores 115 2.65%
13. Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing 105 2.42%
14. Professional / Scientific / Tech Services 95 2.19%
15. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 91 2.09%
16. Machinery / Equipment / Supplies, Wholesale 89 2.05%
17. Truck Transportation 85 1.96%
18. Electrical Equipment / Appliances / Components Manufacturing 78 1.79%
19. Groceries and Related Products, Wholesale 78 1.79%
20. Utilities 73 1.68%
Color 1 Box Female, with percent of employed female population
1. Health Care 745 20.24%
2. Educational Services 383 10.40%
3. Accommodation and Food Services 326 8.86%
4. Finance and Insurance 230 6.25%
5. Food and Beverage Stores 141 3.83%
6. Electrical Equipment / Appliances / Components Manufacturing 106 2.88%
7. Admin, Support, and Waste Management 98 2.66%
8. Professional / Scientific / Tech Services 98 2.66%
9. Clothing and Apparel Including Shoes 96 2.61%
10. Social Assistance 94 2.55%
11. Public Administration 85 2.31%
12. Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 74 2.01%
13. Personal and Laundry Services 73 1.98%
14. Construction 70 1.90%
15. Computer and Electronic Manufacturing 67 1.82%
16. Department and Other General Stores 62 1.68%
17. Miscellaneous Manufacturing 55 1.49%
18. Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations 52 1.41%
19. Groceries and Related Products, Wholesale 47 1.28%
20. Broadcasting and Telecommunications 44 1.20%

Leicester Employment By Job

Color 0 Box Male, with percent of employed male population
1. Other Installation / Maintenance 232 5.34%
2. Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers 219 5.04%
3. Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching 206 4.74%
4. Other Production Occupations 201 4.62%
5. Metal Workers and Plastic Workers 187 4.30%
6. Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact 183 4.21%
7. Vehicle Mechanics 159 3.66%
8. Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers 146 3.36%
9. Other Sales and Related Occupations 139 3.20%
10. Other Management Occupations 137 3.15%
11. Construction Laborers 134 3.08%
12. Retail Sales, Not cashiers 124 2.85%
13. Other Construction Trades 112 2.58%
14. Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance 109 2.51%
15. Pipelayers / Plumbers / Etc. 109 2.51%
16. Business Operations Specialists 99 2.28%
17. Other Material Moving Workers 82 1.89%
18. Law Enforcement Workers 80 1.84%
19. Farmers and Farm Managers 75 1.73%
20. Cooks and Food Preparation Workers 73 1.68%
Color 1 Box Female, with percent of employed female population
1. Other Office and Admin Support 269 7.31%
2. Secretaries and Admins 235 6.38%
3. Other Sales and Related Occupations 216 5.87%
4. Registered Nurses 205 5.57%
5. Retail Sales, Not cashiers 167 4.54%
6. Teachers, Pre/Primary School 166 4.51%
7. Other Teachers / Instructors / Librarians 148 4.02%
8. Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing 134 3.64%
9. Other Production Occupations 122 3.31%
10. Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching 115 3.12%
11. Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance 112 3.04%
12. Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service 109 2.96%
13. Waiters and Waitresses 109 2.96%
14. Health Technologists and Technicians 103 2.80%
15. Other Management Occupations 103 2.80%
16. Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health 99 2.69%
17. Cashiers 91 2.47%
18. Assemblers and Fabricators 84 2.28%
19. Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact 82 2.23%
20. Financial Clerks, Non-bookkeeping 81 2.20%

Leicester Hours Worked Per Week In 1999
Hours Per Week Color 0 Box Population Percent
35 or more hours 7,143 57.54%
15-35 hours 1,519 12.24%
1-14 hours 304 2.45%
No regular hours 3,448 27.78%

Leicester Time Left For Work
Time Color 0 Box Population Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM 160 2.08%
5 AM-5:29 AM 210 2.73%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM 312 4.05%
6 AM-6:29 AM 744 9.67%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM 849 11.03%
7 AM-7:29 AM 1,431 18.59%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM 1,329 17.27%
8 AM-8:29 AM 835 10.85%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM 342 4.44%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM 361 4.69%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM 186 2.42%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM 70 0.91%
Noon-3:59 PM 295 3.83%
4 PM-11:59 PM 573 7.44%

Leicester Length Of Commute In Minutes
Minutes Color 0 Box Population Percent
Less than 5 124 1.61%
5-9 363 4.72%
10-14 509 6.61%
15-19 1,128 14.66%
20-24 1,821 23.66%
25-29 591 7.68%
30-34 1,752 22.76%
35-39 207 2.69%
40-44 260 3.38%
45-59 574 7.46%
60-89 170 2.21%
At least 90 198 2.57%

Leicester Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes Color 0 Box Population (public) Percent Color 1 Box Population (private) Percent
Under 30 0 0.00% 4,536 58.93%
30-44 0 0.00% 2,219 28.83%
45-59 0 0.00% 574 7.46%
At least 60 0 0.00% 368 4.78%

Leicester Type Of Commute
Type Population Percent
Color 0 Box Bicycle 34 0.43%
Color 1 Box Car / truck / van, carpool 1,104 13.98%
Color 2 Box Car / truck / van, solo 6,525 82.63%
Color 3 Box Motorcycle 0 0.00%
Color 4 Box Other 13 0.16%
Color 5 Box Public transportation 0 0.00%
Color 6 Box Walked 21 0.27%
Color 7 Box Worked at home 200 2.53%

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Leicester Family Information Back to top
Households (2000): 6,093 (15,875 people)
Families (2000): 4,626 (13,856 people)
Families where both partners work (2000): 2,051
People at same address in 1995: 8,447
Leicester Household Income in 1999

Income Population Percent
Under $10,000 414 6.79%
$10,000-$14,999 378 6.20%
$15,000-$19,999 433 7.11%
$20,000-$24,999 545 8.94%
$25,000-$29,999 493 8.09%
$30,000-$34,999 507 8.32%
$35,000-$39,999 430 7.06%
$40,000-$44,999 355 5.83%
$45,000-$49,999 422 6.93%
$50,000-$59,999 762 12.51%
$60,000-$74,999 686 11.26%
$75,000-$99,999 397 6.52%
$100,000-$124,999 118 1.94%
$125,000-$149,999 87 1.43%
$150,000-$199,999 23 0.38%
$200,000 or more 43 0.71%

Leicester Household Type
Type Population Percent
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 1 person 1,191 19.69%
Color 0 Box Family, 2 people 2,016 33.32%
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 2 people 232 3.83%
Color 0 Box Family, 3 people 1,213 20.05%
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 3 people 25 0.41%
Color 0 Box Family, 4 people 923 15.26%
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 4 people 18 0.30%
Color 0 Box Family, 5 people 302 4.99%
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 5 people 3 0.05%
Color 0 Box Family, 6 people 80 1.32%
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 6 people 1 0.02%
Color 0 Box Family, 7 or more people 46 0.76%
Color 1 Box Nonfamily, 7 or more people 0 0.00%

Leicester Household Income Type
Type Color 0 Box Population Percent
Earnings 5,108 32.10%
Interest / Dividend / Rent 1,544 9.70%
Public Assistance 135 0.85%
Retirement 937 5.89%
Self Employment 924 5.81%
Social Security 1,405 8.83%
Supplemental Security 231 1.45%
Wage / Salary 4,832 30.36%
Other 799 5.02%

Leicester Family Type
Type Population Percent
Color 0 Box No children under 18 2,239 56.63%
Color 1 Box With children under 18 1,715 43.37%

Leicester Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)
Type Population Percent
Color 0 Box Divorced 443 7.25%
Color 1 Box Married 4,210 68.94%
Color 2 Box Never Married 1,331 21.79%
Color 3 Box Widowed 123 2.01%

Leicester Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)
Type Population Percent
Color 0 Box Divorced 630 9.63%
Color 1 Box Married 4,124 63.03%
Color 2 Box Never Married 1,258 19.23%
Color 3 Box Widowed 531 8.12%

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Leicester Education Information Back to top
Leicester Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)
Degree Population Percent
Color 0 Box Less than 9th grade 720 5.95%
Color 1 Box 9th-12th grade, no diploma 1,892 15.64%
Color 2 Box High school diploma or equivalent 4,436 36.67%
Color 3 Box Some college, no degree 2,557 21.14%
Color 4 Box Associate degree 866 7.16%
Color 5 Box Bachelors degree 1,203 9.95%
Color 6 Box Graduate or professional degree 422 3.49%

Leicester Population In School (3 or older)
School Level Color 0 Box In Public School Percent Color 1 Box In Private School Percent Total Percent
Nursery or preschool 148 0.94% 160 1.02% 308 1.96%
Kindergarten 265 1.69% 25 0.16% 290 1.85%
Grades 1-4 856 5.45% 120 0.76% 976 6.22%
Grades 5-8 733 4.67% 82 0.52% 815 5.19%
Grades 9-12 624 3.97% 72 0.46% 696 4.43%
Undergrad college 442 2.81% 96 0.61% 538 3.43%
Graduate or professional school 72 0.46% 6 0.04% 78 0.50%
Total 3,140 20.00% 561 3.57% 3,701 23.57%

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Leicester Public Benefits Information Back to top
Leicester Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999
Above/Below Population Percent
Color 0 Box At Or Above Poverty Level 14,736 92.59%
Color 1 Box Below Poverty Level 1,180 7.41%

Leicester Public Benefits Lawyers assess the range of local, state and federal government benefits to which their clients may be entitled and help them apply for such programs, as well as appeal decisions denying such benefits to their clients. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.


Leicester Immigration & Civil Rights Information Back to top
Leicester Population By Age
Age Population Percent
0-9 Years 2,216 14.11%
10-19 Years 1,998 12.72%
20-29 Years 1,990 12.67%
30-39 Years 2,685 17.10%
40-49 Years 2,299 14.64%
50-59 Years 2,074 13.21%
60-69 Years 1,256 8.00%
70-79 Years 789 5.02%
80-89 Years 346 2.20%
90+ Years 49 0.31%

Leicester Population - Male/Female
Male/Female Population Percent
Color 0 Box Male 7,759 49.41%
Color 1 Box Female 7,943 50.59%

Leicester Population By Ethnicity
Ethnicity Population Percent
Color 0 Box Caucasian 14,876 94.74%
Color 3 Box Hispanic/Latino 330 2.10%
Color 1 Box African-American 205 1.31%
Color 7 Box Multiracial 150 0.96%
Color 4 Box Amerindian 87 0.55%
Color 2 Box Asian 49 0.31%
Color 6 Box Other Race 4 0.03%
Color 5 Box Pacific Islander 1 0.01%

Leicester Top Specified Ancestries
Rank Ancestry Color 0 Box Population Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1. United States Or American 3,062 28.41%
2. Irish 1,848 17.15%
3. English 1,525 14.15%
4. German 1,359 12.61%
5. Scotch Irish 676 6.27%
6. Scottish 435 4.04%
7. Italian 416 3.86%
8. Polish 230 2.13%
9. Dutch 225 2.09%
10. French Non-Basque 203 1.88%

Leicester Top Languages Spoken At Home
Rank Language Color 0 Box Population Percent Of Reported Languages
1. Only English 14,267 95.31%
2. Spanish Or Spanish Creole 313 2.09%
3. Mon Khmer / Cambodian 86 0.57%
4. Korean 70 0.47%
5. German 62 0.41%
6. Russian 47 0.31%
7. French 23 0.15%
8. Greek 22 0.15%
9. Tagalog 22 0.15%
10. Polish 20 0.13%

Leicester Citizen Type
Type Population Percent
Color 0 Box Citizen by birth 15,548 96.91%
Color 1 Box Naturalized immigrant 187 1.17%
Color 2 Box Not a citizen 308 1.92%

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Leicester Civil Rights Lawyers represent clients who have been illegally discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and national origin. If you have suffered employment discrimination, sexual harassment, or have been treated differently by a hotel, restaurant, or other public accommodation, a civil rights lawyer can help you determine whether your rights were violated and what types of redress are available. From the Justia Lawyer Directory.


Leicester Zip Codes Back to top
Alphabetical | By Population
28748