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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: Tangipahoa 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 |
30,230 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,795 |
5.9 |
Kindergarten |
1,358 |
4.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
13,121 |
43.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
6,501 |
21.5 |
College or graduate school |
7,455 |
24.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
59,909 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
5,869 |
9.8 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
11,194 |
18.7 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
20,531 |
34.3 |
Some college, no degree |
11,150 |
18.6 |
Associate degree |
1,408 |
2.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
6,531 |
10.9 |
Graduate or professional degree |
3,226 |
5.4 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
71.5 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
77,595 |
100.0 |
Never married |
22,077 |
28.5 |
Now married, except separated |
40,792 |
52.6 |
Separated |
2,170 |
2.8 |
Widowed |
5,387 |
6.9 |
Female |
4,432 |
5.7 |
Divorced |
7,169 |
9.2 |
Female |
4,099 |
5.3 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
2,877 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,733 |
60.2 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
72,603 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
8,421 |
11.6 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
26,371 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,486 |
9.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
55,482 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
13,107 |
23.6 |
Percent employed |
49.1 |
(X) |
No disability |
42,375 |
76.4 |
Percent employed |
70.1 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
10,034 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,125 |
51.1 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
93,315 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
57,409 |
61.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
34,983 |
37.5 |
Same county |
19,638 |
21.0 |
Different county |
15,345 |
16.4 |
Same state |
11,026 |
11.8 |
Different state |
4,319 |
4.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
923 |
1.0 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
100,588 |
100.0 |
Native |
99,738 |
99.2 |
Born in United States |
99,457 |
98.9 |
State of residence |
82,568 |
82.1 |
Different state |
16,889 |
16.8 |
Born outside United States |
281 |
0.3 |
Foreign born |
850 |
0.8 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
352 |
0.3 |
Naturalized citizen |
358 |
0.4 |
Not a citizen |
492 |
0.5 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
845 |
100.0 |
Europe |
215 |
25.4 |
Asia |
235 |
27.8 |
Africa |
2 |
0.2 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
388 |
45.9 |
Northern America |
5 |
0.6 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
93,315 |
100.0 |
English only |
89,874 |
96.3 |
Language other than English |
3,441 |
3.7 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
1,293 |
1.4 |
Spanish |
1,452 |
1.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
539 |
0.6 |
Other Indo-European languages |
1,687 |
1.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
600 |
0.6 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
225 |
0.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
108 |
0.1 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
100,588 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
93,138 |
92.6 |
Arab |
189 |
0.2 |
Czech1 |
78 |
0.1 |
Danish |
95 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
685 |
0.7 |
English |
6,278 |
6.2 |
French (except Basque)1 |
10,426 |
10.4 |
French Canadian1 |
1,630 |
1.6 |
German |
7,562 |
7.5 |
Greek |
68 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
326 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
8,193 |
8.1 |
Italian |
9,277 |
9.2 |
Lithuanian |
44 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
246 |
0.2 |
Polish |
457 |
0.5 |
Portuguese |
73 |
0.1 |
Russian |
67 |
0.1 |
Scotch-Irish |
1,334 |
1.3 |
Scottish |
904 |
0.9 |
Slovak |
45 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
467 |
0.5 |
Swedish |
304 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
71 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
39 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
10,744 |
10.7 |
Welsh |
213 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
50 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
33,273 |
33.1 |
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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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