Bastrop, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2204685, place: Bastrop city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,489 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 253 (7.25%)
Kindergarten: 262 (7.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,769 (50.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 912 (26.14%)
College or graduate school: 293 (8.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,925 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,169 (14.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,685 (21.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,887 (36.43%)
Some college, no degree: 1,231 (15.53%)
Associate degree: 109 (1.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 631 (7.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 213 (2.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,953 (100%)
Never married: 3,370 (33.86%)
Now married, except separated: 4,026 (40.45%)
Separated: 535 (5.38%)
Total Widowed: 1,069 (10.74%)
Widowed Female: 921 (9.25%)
Total Divorced: 953 (9.58%)
Divorced Female: 560 (5.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 527 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 306 (58.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,261 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,044 (11.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 372 (10.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,352 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,782 (28.05%)
----Percent employed: 44.6%
--No disability: 4,570 (71.95%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,875 (100%)
--With a disability: 921 (49.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,087 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,200 (59.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,877 (40.35%)
--Same county: 3,804 (31.47%)
--Different county: 1,073 (8.88%)
----Same state: 548 (4.53%)
----Different state: 525 (4.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,125 (100%)
Native: 13,069 (99.57%)
--Born in United States: 13,069 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,239 (85.63%)
----Different state: 1,830 (13.94%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 56 (0.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (0.26%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 56 (100%)
Europe: 2 (3.57%)
Asia: 27 (48.21%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (48.21%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,087 (100%)
English only: 11,859 (98.11%)
Language other than English: 228 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (1.07%)
--Spanish: 146 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 48 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,125 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,280% (85.94%)
Arab: 12 (0.09%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 43 (0.33%)
Dutch: 55 (0.42%)
English: 398 (3.03%)
French (except Basque): 135 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.3%)
German: 339 (2.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 503 (3.83%)
Italian: 53 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.04%)
Polish: 11 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (0.46%)
Scottish: 47 (0.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (0.47%)
Swedish: 3 (0.02%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,462 (11.14%)
Welsh: 24 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 8,019 (61.1%)

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