Avondale, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2203810, place: Avondale CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,575 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (4.51%)
Kindergarten: 77 (4.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 833 (52.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 411 (26.1%)
College or graduate school: 183 (11.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,375 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 325 (9.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 857 (25.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,390 (41.19%)
Some college, no degree: 545 (16.15%)
Associate degree: 144 (4.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 99 (2.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (0.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,183 (100%)
Never married: 1,098 (26.25%)
Now married, except separated: 2,258 (53.98%)
Separated: 127 (3.04%)
Total Widowed: 246 (5.88%)
Widowed Female: 202 (4.83%)
Total Divorced: 454 (10.85%)
Divorced Female: 203 (4.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 218 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (29.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,892 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 451 (11.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,463 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (12.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,214 (100%)
--With a disability: 799 (24.86%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 2,415 (75.14%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
Population 65 years and over: 429 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (44.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,107 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,694 (72.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,413 (27.67%)
--Same county: 964 (18.88%)
--Different county: 449 (8.79%)
----Same state: 267 (5.23%)
----Different state: 182 (3.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,442 (100%)
Native: 4,929 (90.57%)
--Born in United States: 4,864 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,199 (77.16%)
----Different state: 665 (12.22%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (1.19%)
Foreign born: 513 (9.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 327 (6.01%)
--Not a citizen: 186 (3.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 513 (100%)
Europe: 24 (4.68%)
Asia: 307 (59.84%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 174 (33.92%)
Northern America: 8 (1.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,107 (100%)
English only: 4,217 (82.57%)
Language other than English: 890 (17.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 417 (8.17%)
--Spanish: 245 (4.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (2.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 529 (10.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 277 (5.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,442 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,018% (92.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.09%)
English: 85 (1.56%)
French (except Basque): 896 (16.46%)
French Canadian: 187 (3.44%)
German: 348 (6.39%)
Greek: 13 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 404 (7.42%)
Italian: 346 (6.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 13 (0.24%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.09%)
Russian: 10 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (0.46%)
Scottish: 48 (0.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (0.9%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 513 (9.43%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 27 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 2,044 (37.56%)

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