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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
50,285 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
3,764 |
7.5 |
Kindergarten |
2,638 |
5.2 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
23,198 |
46.1 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
11,411 |
22.7 |
College or graduate school |
9,274 |
18.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
114,563 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
9,850 |
8.6 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
16,455 |
14.4 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
39,616 |
34.6 |
Some college, no degree |
24,593 |
21.5 |
Associate degree |
4,732 |
4.1 |
Bachelor's degree |
13,280 |
11.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
6,037 |
5.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
77.0 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.9 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
142,341 |
100.0 |
Never married |
35,393 |
24.9 |
Now married, except separated |
78,202 |
54.9 |
Separated |
3,967 |
2.8 |
Widowed |
9,943 |
7.0 |
Female |
8,120 |
5.7 |
Divorced |
14,836 |
10.4 |
Female |
8,495 |
6.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
4,401 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
2,565 |
58.3 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
133,234 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
18,531 |
13.9 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
45,078 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,708 |
10.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
101,523 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
20,851 |
20.5 |
Percent employed |
50.1 |
(X) |
No disability |
80,672 |
79.5 |
Percent employed |
74.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
20,548 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
9,634 |
46.9 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
170,236 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
94,402 |
55.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
74,590 |
43.8 |
Same county |
53,194 |
31.2 |
Different county |
21,396 |
12.6 |
Same state |
9,671 |
5.7 |
Different state |
11,725 |
6.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
1,244 |
0.7 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
183,577 |
100.0 |
Native |
181,057 |
98.6 |
Born in United States |
180,007 |
98.1 |
State of residence |
144,159 |
78.5 |
Different state |
35,848 |
19.5 |
Born outside United States |
1,050 |
0.6 |
Foreign born |
2,520 |
1.4 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,091 |
0.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,081 |
0.6 |
Not a citizen |
1,439 |
0.8 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
2,520 |
100.0 |
Europe |
582 |
23.1 |
Asia |
943 |
37.4 |
Africa |
82 |
3.3 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
795 |
31.5 |
Northern America |
118 |
4.7 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
170,236 |
100.0 |
English only |
155,360 |
91.3 |
Language other than English |
14,876 |
8.7 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
3,519 |
2.1 |
Spanish |
2,655 |
1.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
755 |
0.4 |
Other Indo-European languages |
11,316 |
6.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,362 |
1.4 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
674 |
0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
353 |
0.2 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
183,577 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
172,147 |
93.8 |
Arab |
712 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
253 |
0.1 |
Danish |
256 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
1,360 |
0.7 |
English |
11,508 |
6.3 |
French (except Basque)1 |
26,735 |
14.6 |
French Canadian1 |
15,112 |
8.2 |
German |
12,916 |
7.0 |
Greek |
264 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
132 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
13,182 |
7.2 |
Italian |
4,312 |
2.3 |
Lithuanian |
60 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
460 |
0.3 |
Polish |
604 |
0.3 |
Portuguese |
63 |
0.0 |
Russian |
156 |
0.1 |
Scotch-Irish |
2,809 |
1.5 |
Scottish |
1,733 |
0.9 |
Slovak |
59 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
788 |
0.4 |
Swedish |
754 |
0.4 |
Swiss |
82 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
21 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
23,655 |
12.9 |
Welsh |
451 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
215 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
53,495 |
29.1 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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