Basile, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2204580, place: Basile town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 438 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (8.45%)
Kindergarten: 17 (3.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 238 (54.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (26.48%)
College or graduate school: 30 (6.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,091 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 231 (21.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 264 (24.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 398 (36.48%)
Some college, no degree: 102 (9.35%)
Associate degree: 43 (3.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (3.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (1.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Never married: 245 (18.92%)
Now married, except separated: 726 (56.06%)
Separated: 67 (5.17%)
Total Widowed: 139 (10.73%)
Widowed Female: 104 (8.03%)
Total Divorced: 118 (9.11%)
Divorced Female: 65 (5.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (69.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 166 (13.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 392 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (8.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 859 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (32.48%)
----Percent employed: 34.4%
--No disability: 580 (67.52%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
Population 65 years and over: 177 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (61.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,550 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 867 (55.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 680 (43.87%)
--Same county: 293 (18.9%)
--Different county: 387 (24.97%)
----Same state: 350 (22.58%)
----Different state: 37 (2.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,687 (100%)
Native: 1,668 (98.87%)
--Born in United States: 1,662 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,510 (89.51%)
----Different state: 152 (9.01%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 19 (1.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 4 (21.05%)
Asia: 9 (47.37%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (31.58%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,550 (100%)
English only: 1,158 (74.71%)
Language other than English: 392 (25.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (7.87%)
--Spanish: 14 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 367 (23.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (7.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,687 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,134% (67.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 35 (2.07%)
French (except Basque): 171 (10.14%)
French Canadian: 185 (10.97%)
German: 35 (2.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 31 (1.84%)
Italian: 5 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.12%)
Scottish: 6 (0.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.3%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 404 (23.95%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 255 (15.12%)

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