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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: Lafourche 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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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
24,776 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,293 |
5.2 |
Kindergarten |
1,261 |
5.1 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
11,813 |
47.7 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
5,726 |
23.1 |
College or graduate school |
4,683 |
18.9 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
55,891 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
9,861 |
17.6 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
8,957 |
16.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
21,236 |
38.0 |
Some college, no degree |
7,427 |
13.3 |
Associate degree |
1,502 |
2.7 |
Bachelor's degree |
4,769 |
8.5 |
Graduate or professional degree |
2,139 |
3.8 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
66.3 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
12.4 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
69,898 |
100.0 |
Never married |
17,948 |
25.7 |
Now married, except separated |
40,533 |
58.0 |
Separated |
1,092 |
1.6 |
Widowed |
4,687 |
6.7 |
Female |
3,660 |
5.2 |
Divorced |
5,638 |
8.1 |
Female |
3,184 |
4.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
2,143 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
871 |
40.6 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
65,382 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
6,166 |
9.4 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
23,049 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,233 |
9.7 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
50,215 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
11,320 |
22.5 |
Percent employed |
49.8 |
(X) |
No disability |
38,895 |
77.5 |
Percent employed |
70.6 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
9,613 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,866 |
50.6 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
83,754 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
56,016 |
66.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
27,220 |
32.5 |
Same county |
18,559 |
22.2 |
Different county |
8,661 |
10.3 |
Same state |
6,394 |
7.6 |
Different state |
2,267 |
2.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
518 |
0.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
89,974 |
100.0 |
Native |
88,638 |
98.5 |
Born in United States |
88,277 |
98.1 |
State of residence |
81,623 |
90.7 |
Different state |
6,654 |
7.4 |
Born outside United States |
361 |
0.4 |
Foreign born |
1,336 |
1.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
627 |
0.7 |
Naturalized citizen |
614 |
0.7 |
Not a citizen |
722 |
0.8 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
1,336 |
100.0 |
Europe |
186 |
13.9 |
Asia |
441 |
33.0 |
Africa |
34 |
2.5 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
628 |
47.0 |
Northern America |
47 |
3.5 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
83,754 |
100.0 |
English only |
65,775 |
78.5 |
Language other than English |
17,979 |
21.5 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
4,755 |
5.7 |
Spanish |
1,263 |
1.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
545 |
0.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
16,347 |
19.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,008 |
4.8 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
346 |
0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
202 |
0.2 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
89,974 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
78,094 |
86.8 |
Arab |
140 |
0.2 |
Czech1 |
49 |
0.1 |
Danish |
31 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
230 |
0.3 |
English |
1,970 |
2.2 |
French (except Basque)1 |
19,524 |
21.7 |
French Canadian1 |
13,715 |
15.2 |
German |
4,447 |
4.9 |
Greek |
79 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
12 |
0.0 |
Irish1 |
2,681 |
3.0 |
Italian |
2,955 |
3.3 |
Lithuanian |
11 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
159 |
0.2 |
Polish |
233 |
0.3 |
Portuguese |
83 |
0.1 |
Russian |
44 |
0.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
186 |
0.2 |
Scottish |
236 |
0.3 |
Slovak |
5 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
208 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
74 |
0.1 |
Swiss |
28 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
12 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
12,025 |
13.4 |
Welsh |
111 |
0.1 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
18 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
18,828 |
20.9 |
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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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