Abbeville, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2200100, place: Abbeville city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,431 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 220 (6.41%)
Kindergarten: 241 (7.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,850 (53.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 819 (23.87%)
College or graduate school: 301 (8.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,256 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,458 (20.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,758 (24.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,388 (32.91%)
Some college, no degree: 788 (10.86%)
Associate degree: 217 (2.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 428 (5.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 219 (3.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,889 (100%)
Never married: 2,451 (27.57%)
Now married, except separated: 3,939 (44.31%)
Separated: 354 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 930 (10.46%)
Widowed Female: 804 (9.04%)
Total Divorced: 1,215 (13.67%)
Divorced Female: 640 (7.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 361 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 227 (62.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,293 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 950 (11.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,189 (100%)
--With a disability: 373 (11.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,903 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,846 (31.27%)
----Percent employed: 48.4%
--No disability: 4,057 (68.73%)
----Percent employed: 64.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,773 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,108 (62.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,034 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,721 (60.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,960 (35.89%)
--Same county: 2,967 (26.89%)
--Different county: 993 (9%)
----Same state: 559 (5.07%)
----Different state: 434 (3.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 353 (3.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,932 (100%)
Native: 11,307 (94.76%)
--Born in United States: 11,279 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,373 (86.93%)
----Different state: 906 (7.59%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 625 (5.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 439 (3.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 219 (1.84%)
--Not a citizen: 406 (3.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 625 (100%)
Europe: 11 (1.76%)
Asia: 520 (83.2%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 94 (15.04%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,034 (100%)
English only: 8,357 (75.74%)
Language other than English: 2,677 (24.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,173 (10.63%)
--Spanish: 218 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (1.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,848 (16.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 566 (5.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 603 (5.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 484 (4.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,932 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,908% (83.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.07%)
Danish: 7 (0.06%)
Dutch: 37 (0.31%)
English: 179 (1.5%)
French (except Basque): 1,323 (11.09%)
French Canadian: 1,394 (11.68%)
German: 205 (1.72%)
Greek: 4 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 212 (1.78%)
Italian: 224 (1.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 16 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.15%)
Scottish: 40 (0.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 79 (0.66%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 12 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,349 (11.31%)
Welsh: 23 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,772 (39.99%)

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