Ama, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2201780, place: Ama CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 319 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (2.19%)
Kindergarten: 5 (1.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 145 (45.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 104 (32.6%)
College or graduate school: 58 (18.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 852 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 57 (6.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 77 (9.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 437 (51.29%)
Some college, no degree: 126 (14.79%)
Associate degree: 50 (5.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 69 (8.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (4.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
Never married: 315 (29.49%)
Now married, except separated: 568 (53.18%)
Separated: 14 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 59 (5.52%)
Widowed Female: 59 (5.52%)
Total Divorced: 112 (10.49%)
Divorced Female: 60 (5.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 983 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 79 (8.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 323 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (16.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 767 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (30.38%)
----Percent employed: 36.5%
--No disability: 534 (69.62%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 138 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (58.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,230 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 996 (80.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 234 (19.02%)
--Same county: 177 (14.39%)
--Different county: 57 (4.63%)
----Same state: 20 (1.63%)
----Different state: 37 (3.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,272 (100%)
Native: 1,263 (99.29%)
--Born in United States: 1,251 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,179 (92.69%)
----Different state: 72 (5.66%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.94%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,230 (100%)
English only: 1,183 (96.18%)
Language other than English: 47 (3.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 36 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,272 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,141% (89.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 5 (0.39%)
French (except Basque): 176 (13.84%)
French Canadian: 53 (4.17%)
German: 79 (6.21%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 21 (1.65%)
Italian: 94 (7.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.86%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 118 (9.28%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 584 (45.91%)

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