Bayou Cane, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2205210, place: Bayou Cane CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,256 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 235 (5.52%)
Kindergarten: 205 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,147 (50.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 957 (22.49%)
College or graduate school: 712 (16.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,839 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,156 (10.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,650 (15.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,851 (35.53%)
Some college, no degree: 1,977 (18.24%)
Associate degree: 469 (4.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,287 (11.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 449 (4.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,244 (100%)
Never married: 3,067 (23.16%)
Now married, except separated: 7,487 (56.53%)
Separated: 281 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 912 (6.89%)
Widowed Female: 752 (5.68%)
Total Divorced: 1,497 (11.3%)
Divorced Female: 895 (6.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 480 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 245 (51.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,525 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,571 (12.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,829 (100%)
--With a disability: 381 (9.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,897 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,932 (19.52%)
----Percent employed: 46.7%
--No disability: 7,965 (80.48%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,640 (100%)
--With a disability: 820 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,748 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,815 (55.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,892 (43.76%)
--Same county: 4,623 (29.36%)
--Different county: 2,269 (14.41%)
----Same state: 1,319 (8.38%)
----Different state: 950 (6.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,866 (100%)
Native: 16,511 (97.9%)
--Born in United States: 16,448 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,013 (83.08%)
----Different state: 2,435 (14.44%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 355 (2.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 116 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 169 (1%)
--Not a citizen: 186 (1.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 355 (100%)
Europe: 50 (14.08%)
Asia: 146 (41.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (2.25%)
Latin America: 145 (40.85%)
Northern America: 6 (1.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,748 (100%)
English only: 13,983 (88.79%)
Language other than English: 1,765 (11.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 476 (3.02%)
--Spanish: 334 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 162 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,317 (8.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 252 (1.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 114 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,866 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,443% (97.49%)
Arab: 74 (0.44%)
Czech: 15 (0.09%)
Danish: 15 (0.09%)
Dutch: 80 (0.47%)
English: 660 (3.91%)
French (except Basque): 4,384 (25.99%)
French Canadian: 2,026 (12.01%)
German: 1,217 (7.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.05%)
Irish: 1,156 (6.85%)
Italian: 647 (3.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 53 (0.31%)
Polish: 94 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.1%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 186 (1.1%)
Scottish: 98 (0.58%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 70 (0.42%)
Swedish: 73 (0.43%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,292 (13.59%)
Welsh: 15 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,263 (19.35%)

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