Amelia, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2201815, place: Amelia CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 718 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 68 (9.47%)
Kindergarten: 21 (2.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 420 (58.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 167 (23.26%)
College or graduate school: 42 (5.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,344 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 373 (27.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 308 (22.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 499 (37.13%)
Some college, no degree: 129 (9.6%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 25 (1.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (0.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,680 (100%)
Never married: 483 (28.75%)
Now married, except separated: 923 (54.94%)
Separated: 64 (3.81%)
Total Widowed: 85 (5.06%)
Widowed Female: 71 (4.23%)
Total Divorced: 125 (7.44%)
Divorced Female: 64 (3.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,554 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 142 (9.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 679 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (9.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 506 (39.78%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 766 (60.22%)
----Percent employed: 61.6%
Population 65 years and over: 178 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (49.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,129 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,270 (59.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 811 (38.09%)
--Same county: 540 (25.36%)
--Different county: 271 (12.73%)
----Same state: 208 (9.77%)
----Different state: 63 (2.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (2.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,276 (100%)
Native: 1,895 (83.26%)
--Born in United States: 1,861 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,679 (73.77%)
----Different state: 182 (8%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (1.49%)
Foreign born: 381 (16.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 84 (3.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 103 (4.53%)
--Not a citizen: 278 (12.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 381 (100%)
Europe: 6 (1.57%)
Asia: 260 (68.24%)
Africa: 4 (1.05%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 111 (29.13%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,129 (100%)
English only: 1,346 (63.22%)
Language other than English: 783 (36.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 439 (20.62%)
--Spanish: 117 (5.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (4.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 196 (9.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 464 (21.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 318 (14.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,276 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,929% (84.75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 75 (3.3%)
French (except Basque): 449 (19.73%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.44%)
German: 28 (1.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 18 (0.79%)
Italian: 25 (1.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 14 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.32%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.18%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 292 (12.83%)
Welsh: 8 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 976 (42.88%)

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