General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2205000, place: Baton Rouge city, Louisiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 77,749 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,961 (6.38%)
Kindergarten: 3,515 (4.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 25,165 (32.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 12,552 (16.14%)
College or graduate school: 31,556 (40.59%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 132,639 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,721 (5.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 18,619 (14.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 31,111 (23.46%)
Some college, no degree: 29,806 (22.47%)
Associate degree: 3,312 (2.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 25,146 (18.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16,924 (12.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 181,650 (100%)
Never married: 71,450 (39.33%)
Now married, except separated: 73,763 (40.61%)
Separated: 5,030 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 13,138 (7.23%)
Widowed Female: 10,860 (5.98%)
Total Divorced: 18,269 (10.06%)
Divorced Female: 11,175 (6.15%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6,335 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,979 (47.02%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 172,131 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 18,219 (10.58%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 58,503 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,316 (10.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 125,264 (100%)
--With a disability: 26,345 (21.03%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 98,919 (78.97%)
----Percent employed: 73.7%
Population 65 years and over: 25,040 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,176 (44.63%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 212,357 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 105,810 (49.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 101,811 (47.94%)
--Same county: 63,061 (29.7%)
--Different county: 38,750 (18.25%)
----Same state: 24,408 (11.49%)
----Different state: 14,342 (6.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,736 (2.23%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 227,920 (100%)
Native: 217,927 (95.62%)
--Born in United States: 216,767 (100%)
----State of residence: 174,826 (76.7%)
----Different state: 41,941 (18.4%)
--Born outside United States: 1,160 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 9,993 (4.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,594 (2.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,569 (1.57%)
--Not a citizen: 6,424 (2.82%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 9,993 (100%)
Europe: 1,528 (15.29%)
Asia: 5,040 (50.44%)
Africa: 901 (9.02%)
Oceania: 72 (0.72%)
Latin America: 2,190 (21.92%)
Northern America: 262 (2.62%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 212,357 (100%)
English only: 193,774 (91.25%)
Language other than English: 18,583 (8.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,785 (3.2%)
--Spanish: 5,652 (2.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,313 (1.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,135 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,674 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,362 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,358 (1.11%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 227,920 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 215,923% (94.74%)
Arab: 1,466 (0.64%)
Czech: 325 (0.14%)
Danish: 304 (0.13%)
Dutch: 1,039 (0.46%)
English: 14,461 (6.34%)
French (except Basque): 20,356 (8.93%)
French Canadian: 4,399 (1.93%)
German: 14,205 (6.23%)
Greek: 326 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 244 (0.11%)
Irish: 13,081 (5.74%)
Italian: 8,840 (3.88%)
Lithuanian: 100 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 633 (0.28%)
Polish: 1,213 (0.53%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.03%)
Russian: 324 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,843 (1.69%)
Scottish: 2,518 (1.1%)
Slovak: 76 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 4,066 (1.78%)
Swedish: 681 (0.3%)
Swiss: 299 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 125 (0.05%)
United States or American: 9,583 (4.2%)
Welsh: 543 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 259 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 112,540 (49.38%)
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