Bernice, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2207030, place: Bernice town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 489 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (5.52%)
Kindergarten: 35 (7.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 239 (48.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 97 (19.84%)
College or graduate school: 91 (18.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,096 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 168 (15.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 243 (22.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 395 (36.04%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (12.23%)
Associate degree: 29 (2.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 68 (6.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (5.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,394 (100%)
Never married: 380 (27.26%)
Now married, except separated: 592 (42.47%)
Separated: 64 (4.59%)
Total Widowed: 175 (12.55%)
Widowed Female: 164 (11.76%)
Total Divorced: 183 (13.13%)
Divorced Female: 114 (8.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (40.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,292 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 152 (11.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 462 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (9.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 849 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (26.27%)
----Percent employed: 56.1%
--No disability: 626 (73.73%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
Population 65 years and over: 253 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (49.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,654 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 952 (57.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 667 (40.33%)
--Same county: 395 (23.88%)
--Different county: 272 (16.44%)
----Same state: 160 (9.67%)
----Different state: 112 (6.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (2.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,762 (100%)
Native: 1,675 (95.06%)
--Born in United States: 1,666 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,331 (75.54%)
----Different state: 335 (19.01%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 87 (4.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 61 (3.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 65 (3.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 87 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 1 (1.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 86 (98.85%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,654 (100%)
English only: 1,529 (92.44%)
Language other than English: 125 (7.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (5.08%)
--Spanish: 109 (6.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (4.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,762 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,422% (80.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.34%)
English: 30 (1.7%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.14%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.11%)
German: 38 (2.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 65 (3.69%)
Italian: 5 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.28%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.45%)
Scottish: 5 (0.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.11%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 153 (8.68%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 1,082 (61.41%)

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