Barataria, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2204300, place: Barataria CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 274 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (6.57%)
Kindergarten: 17 (6.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 142 (51.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 75 (27.37%)
College or graduate school: 22 (8.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 941 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 189 (20.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 180 (19.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 294 (31.24%)
Some college, no degree: 168 (17.85%)
Associate degree: 8 (0.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 72 (7.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (3.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,097 (100%)
Never married: 249 (22.7%)
Now married, except separated: 649 (59.16%)
Separated: 26 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 87 (7.93%)
Widowed Female: 59 (5.38%)
Total Divorced: 86 (7.84%)
Divorced Female: 62 (5.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (56.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,050 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 129 (12.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (9.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 768 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (23.44%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
--No disability: 588 (76.56%)
----Percent employed: 56.5%
Population 65 years and over: 243 (100%)
--With a disability: 152 (62.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,281 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,035 (80.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 246 (19.2%)
--Same county: 205 (16%)
--Different county: 41 (3.2%)
----Same state: 37 (2.89%)
----Different state: 4 (0.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,390 (100%)
Native: 1,372 (98.71%)
--Born in United States: 1,372 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,285 (92.45%)
----Different state: 87 (6.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 18 (1.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,281 (100%)
English only: 1,175 (91.73%)
Language other than English: 106 (8.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.78%)
--Spanish: 27 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 79 (6.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,390 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,305% (93.88%)
Arab: 4 (0.29%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.58%)
English: 101 (7.27%)
French (except Basque): 315 (22.66%)
French Canadian: 110 (7.91%)
German: 95 (6.83%)
Greek: 12 (0.86%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 101 (7.27%)
Italian: 97 (6.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.58%)
Scottish: 9 (0.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 96 (6.91%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 349 (25.11%)

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