Baker, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2203985, place: Baker city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,117 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 316 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 173 (4.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,919 (46.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 886 (21.52%)
College or graduate school: 823 (19.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,948 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 274 (3.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,252 (15.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,079 (38.74%)
Some college, no degree: 1,971 (24.8%)
Associate degree: 203 (2.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 716 (9.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 453 (5.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,118 (100%)
Never married: 3,114 (30.78%)
Now married, except separated: 4,787 (47.31%)
Separated: 220 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 714 (7.06%)
Widowed Female: 587 (5.8%)
Total Divorced: 1,283 (12.68%)
Divorced Female: 896 (8.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 491 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 238 (48.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,461 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,166 (12.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,631 (100%)
--With a disability: 295 (8.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,463 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,607 (21.53%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
--No disability: 5,856 (78.47%)
----Percent employed: 73%
Population 65 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 631 (49.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,460 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,180 (57.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,195 (41.69%)
--Same county: 3,614 (29%)
--Different county: 1,581 (12.69%)
----Same state: 922 (7.4%)
----Different state: 659 (5.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 85 (0.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,555 (100%)
Native: 13,472 (99.39%)
--Born in United States: 13,399 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,720 (79.09%)
----Different state: 2,679 (19.76%)
--Born outside United States: 73 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 83 (0.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 50 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 33 (0.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 83 (100%)
Europe: 29 (34.94%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 8 (9.64%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 46 (55.42%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,460 (100%)
English only: 11,907 (95.56%)
Language other than English: 553 (4.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.52%)
--Spanish: 228 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 237 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 45 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,555 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,710% (86.39%)
Arab: 55 (0.41%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (0.13%)
English: 696 (5.13%)
French (except Basque): 895 (6.6%)
French Canadian: 279 (2.06%)
German: 365 (2.69%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.04%)
Irish: 760 (5.61%)
Italian: 191 (1.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.22%)
Polish: 8 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.04%)
Russian: 17 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (1.67%)
Scottish: 86 (0.63%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 81 (0.6%)
Swedish: 49 (0.36%)
Swiss: 6 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,122 (8.28%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6,815 (50.28%)

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