Arabi, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2202550, place: Arabi CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,655 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 166 (10.03%)
Kindergarten: 60 (3.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 733 (44.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 332 (20.06%)
College or graduate school: 364 (21.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,171 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 573 (9.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 986 (15.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,279 (36.93%)
Some college, no degree: 1,312 (21.26%)
Associate degree: 277 (4.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 586 (9.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 158 (2.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,894 (100%)
Never married: 1,480 (21.47%)
Now married, except separated: 3,610 (52.36%)
Separated: 155 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 855 (12.4%)
Widowed Female: 674 (9.78%)
Total Divorced: 794 (11.52%)
Divorced Female: 468 (6.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 201 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (18.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,557 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,122 (17.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (7.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,079 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,052 (25.79%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 3,027 (74.21%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 2,104 (100%)
--With a disability: 921 (43.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,723 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,518 (71.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,188 (28.33%)
--Same county: 1,453 (18.81%)
--Different county: 735 (9.52%)
----Same state: 559 (7.24%)
----Different state: 176 (2.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,103 (100%)
Native: 7,786 (96.09%)
--Born in United States: 7,759 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,014 (86.56%)
----Different state: 745 (9.19%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 317 (3.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (0.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 258 (3.18%)
--Not a citizen: 59 (0.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 317 (100%)
Europe: 42 (13.25%)
Asia: 72 (22.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 195 (61.51%)
Northern America: 8 (2.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,723 (100%)
English only: 7,092 (91.83%)
Language other than English: 631 (8.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (3.04%)
--Spanish: 376 (4.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (2.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 216 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,103 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,398% (115.98%)
Arab: 27 (0.33%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.05%)
Dutch: 61 (0.75%)
English: 407 (5.02%)
French (except Basque): 2,344 (28.93%)
French Canadian: 195 (2.41%)
German: 1,556 (19.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,093 (13.49%)
Italian: 1,867 (23.04%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.25%)
Polish: 52 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (0.78%)
Scottish: 15 (0.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.07%)
Swedish: 15 (0.19%)
Swiss: 5 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.1%)
United States or American: 259 (3.2%)
Welsh: 15 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,337 (16.5%)

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