Benton, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2206925, place: Benton town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 569 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 19 (3.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 319 (56.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 130 (22.85%)
College or graduate school: 66 (11.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,251 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (8.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 236 (18.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 467 (37.33%)
Some college, no degree: 284 (22.7%)
Associate degree: 48 (3.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 77 (6.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (2.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,581 (100%)
Never married: 470 (29.73%)
Now married, except separated: 684 (43.26%)
Separated: 67 (4.24%)
Total Widowed: 129 (8.16%)
Widowed Female: 113 (7.15%)
Total Divorced: 231 (14.61%)
Divorced Female: 137 (8.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (44.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,465 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 210 (14.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 555 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (9.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,009 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (25.67%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 750 (74.33%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 230 (100%)
--With a disability: 109 (47.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,932 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,099 (56.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 803 (41.56%)
--Same county: 497 (25.72%)
--Different county: 306 (15.84%)
----Same state: 161 (8.33%)
----Different state: 145 (7.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (1.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,065 (100%)
Native: 2,036 (98.6%)
--Born in United States: 2,021 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,482 (71.77%)
----Different state: 539 (26.1%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 29 (1.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.19%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 7 (24.14%)
Asia: 8 (27.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (41.38%)
Northern America: 2 (6.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,932 (100%)
English only: 1,878 (97.2%)
Language other than English: 54 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 23 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,065 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,808% (87.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 16 (0.77%)
English: 97 (4.7%)
French (except Basque): 60 (2.91%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.92%)
German: 113 (5.47%)
Greek: 10 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 155 (7.51%)
Italian: 40 (1.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.44%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (1.07%)
Scottish: 9 (0.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.73%)
Swedish: 3 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 304 (14.72%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 929 (44.99%)

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