Abita Springs, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2200240, place: Abita Springs town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 594 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 53 (8.92%)
Kindergarten: 47 (7.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 294 (49.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 118 (19.87%)
College or graduate school: 82 (13.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,250 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (3.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 106 (8.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 335 (26.8%)
Some college, no degree: 320 (25.6%)
Associate degree: 70 (5.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 256 (20.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 124 (9.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,469 (100%)
Never married: 304 (20.69%)
Now married, except separated: 931 (63.38%)
Separated: 15 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 92 (6.26%)
Widowed Female: 73 (4.97%)
Total Divorced: 127 (8.65%)
Divorced Female: 93 (6.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (46.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,386 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 176 (12.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 528 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (3.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,104 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (11.96%)
----Percent employed: 51.5%
--No disability: 972 (88.04%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 215 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (46.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,847 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,006 (54.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 837 (45.32%)
--Same county: 358 (19.38%)
--Different county: 479 (25.93%)
----Same state: 328 (17.76%)
----Different state: 151 (8.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,003 (100%)
Native: 1,972 (98.45%)
--Born in United States: 1,945 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,522 (75.99%)
----Different state: 423 (21.12%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (1.35%)
Foreign born: 31 (1.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31 (100%)
Europe: 5 (16.13%)
Asia: 15 (48.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (25.81%)
Northern America: 3 (9.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,847 (100%)
English only: 1,760 (95.29%)
Language other than English: 87 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.87%)
--Spanish: 35 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 40 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,003 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,402% (119.92%)
Arab: 15 (0.75%)
Czech: 3 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (0.55%)
English: 209 (10.43%)
French (except Basque): 435 (21.72%)
French Canadian: 54 (2.7%)
German: 316 (15.78%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 337 (16.82%)
Italian: 279 (13.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (1.3%)
Polish: 65 (3.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (0.7%)
Scottish: 37 (1.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.2%)
Swiss: 14 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 212 (10.58%)
Welsh: 9 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 359 (17.92%)

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