Belcher, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2205945, place: Belcher village, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 67 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (10.45%)
Kindergarten: 7 (10.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 28 (41.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 19 (28.36%)
College or graduate school: 6 (8.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 156 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 15 (9.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 57 (36.54%)
Some college, no degree: 30 (19.23%)
Associate degree: 4 (2.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 33 (21.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (7.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 209 (100%)
Never married: 57 (27.27%)
Now married, except separated: 131 (62.68%)
Separated: 4 (1.91%)
Total Widowed: 3 (1.44%)
Widowed Female: 2 (0.96%)
Total Divorced: 14 (6.7%)
Divorced Female: 6 (2.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 198 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 14 (7.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 68 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (8.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 156 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (19.23%)
----Percent employed: 63.3%
--No disability: 126 (80.77%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 23 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (26.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 248 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 158 (63.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 90 (36.29%)
--Same county: 61 (24.6%)
--Different county: 29 (11.69%)
----Same state: 14 (5.65%)
----Different state: 15 (6.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 270 (100%)
Native: 266 (98.52%)
--Born in United States: 261 (100%)
----State of residence: 207 (76.67%)
----Different state: 54 (20%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (1.85%)
Foreign born: 4 (1.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (1.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.37%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 248 (100%)
English only: 246 (99.19%)
Language other than English: 2 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.4%)
----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: 270 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 241% (89.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 13 (4.81%)
French (except Basque): 12 (4.44%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.37%)
German: 19 (7.04%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 37 (13.7%)
Italian: 9 (3.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (7.41%)
Scottish: 11 (4.07%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.74%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 9 (3.33%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 108 (40%)

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