Belle Chasse, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2206120, place: Belle Chasse CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,902 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 177 (6.1%)
Kindergarten: 203 (7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,359 (46.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 599 (20.64%)
College or graduate school: 564 (19.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,150 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 447 (7.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 581 (9.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,132 (34.67%)
Some college, no degree: 1,661 (27.01%)
Associate degree: 343 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 766 (12.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 220 (3.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,463 (100%)
Never married: 1,652 (22.14%)
Now married, except separated: 4,517 (60.53%)
Separated: 144 (1.93%)
Total Widowed: 389 (5.21%)
Widowed Female: 301 (4.03%)
Total Divorced: 761 (10.2%)
Divorced Female: 493 (6.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 193 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (27.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,750 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 903 (13.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,469 (100%)
--With a disability: 274 (11.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,214 (100%)
--With a disability: 782 (15%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 4,432 (85%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 932 (100%)
--With a disability: 386 (41.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,152 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,983 (54.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,102 (44.82%)
--Same county: 1,320 (14.42%)
--Different county: 2,782 (30.4%)
----Same state: 1,871 (20.44%)
----Different state: 911 (9.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,848 (100%)
Native: 9,650 (97.99%)
--Born in United States: 9,611 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,255 (73.67%)
----Different state: 2,356 (23.92%)
--Born outside United States: 39 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 198 (2.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 106 (1.08%)
--Not a citizen: 92 (0.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 198 (100%)
Europe: 63 (31.82%)
Asia: 73 (36.87%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (4.55%)
Latin America: 46 (23.23%)
Northern America: 7 (3.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,152 (100%)
English only: 8,629 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 523 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (1.01%)
--Spanish: 203 (2.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 225 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 95 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,848 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,466% (106.28%)
Arab: 12 (0.12%)
Czech: 19 (0.19%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 128 (1.3%)
English: 758 (7.7%)
French (except Basque): 2,498 (25.37%)
French Canadian: 291 (2.95%)
German: 1,375 (13.96%)
Greek: 16 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.29%)
Irish: 1,141 (11.59%)
Italian: 1,092 (11.09%)
Lithuanian: 36 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 46 (0.47%)
Polish: 102 (1.04%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.03%)
Russian: 13 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 67 (0.68%)
Scottish: 99 (1.01%)
Slovak: 10 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.13%)
Swedish: 68 (0.69%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 809 (8.21%)
Welsh: 20 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,821 (18.49%)

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