Ball, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2204055, place: Ball town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 879 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (8.53%)
Kindergarten: 43 (4.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 410 (46.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 200 (22.75%)
College or graduate school: 151 (17.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,205 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 179 (8.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 305 (13.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 926 (42%)
Some college, no degree: 492 (22.31%)
Associate degree: 53 (2.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 188 (8.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (2.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,836 (100%)
Never married: 622 (21.93%)
Now married, except separated: 1,619 (57.09%)
Separated: 40 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 221 (7.79%)
Widowed Female: 183 (6.45%)
Total Divorced: 334 (11.78%)
Divorced Female: 223 (7.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 87 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,637 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 350 (13.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 867 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (14.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,048 (100%)
--With a disability: 757 (36.96%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
--No disability: 1,291 (63.04%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 394 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (44.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,342 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,751 (52.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,545 (46.23%)
--Same county: 1,020 (30.52%)
--Different county: 525 (15.71%)
----Same state: 361 (10.8%)
----Different state: 164 (4.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (1.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,624 (100%)
Native: 3,545 (97.82%)
--Born in United States: 3,479 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,852 (78.7%)
----Different state: 627 (17.3%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 79 (2.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 45 (1.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 6 (7.59%)
Asia: 34 (43.04%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (49.37%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,342 (100%)
English only: 3,184 (95.27%)
Language other than English: 158 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (1.59%)
--Spanish: 53 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 76 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (1.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,624 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,032% (83.66%)
Arab: 8 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (0.77%)
English: 180 (4.97%)
French (except Basque): 464 (12.8%)
French Canadian: 62 (1.71%)
German: 237 (6.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 401 (11.07%)
Italian: 120 (3.31%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 60 (1.66%)
Scottish: 66 (1.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.39%)
Swedish: 6 (0.17%)
Swiss: 7 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 817 (22.54%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 549 (15.15%)

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