Berwick, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2207100, place: Berwick town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,217 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 87 (7.15%)
Kindergarten: 58 (4.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 627 (51.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 266 (21.86%)
College or graduate school: 179 (14.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,727 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 386 (14.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 451 (16.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,017 (37.29%)
Some college, no degree: 423 (15.51%)
Associate degree: 75 (2.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 289 (10.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (3.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,339 (100%)
Never married: 757 (22.67%)
Now married, except separated: 1,874 (56.12%)
Separated: 43 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 240 (7.19%)
Widowed Female: 185 (5.54%)
Total Divorced: 425 (12.73%)
Divorced Female: 223 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 122 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (44.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,105 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 370 (11.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,119 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (15.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,511 (100%)
--With a disability: 559 (22.26%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 1,952 (77.74%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
Population 65 years and over: 424 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (35.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,064 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,609 (64.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,441 (35.46%)
--Same county: 1,144 (28.15%)
--Different county: 297 (7.31%)
----Same state: 160 (3.94%)
----Different state: 137 (3.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,418 (100%)
Native: 4,380 (99.14%)
--Born in United States: 4,344 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,573 (80.87%)
----Different state: 771 (17.45%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 38 (0.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (0.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 30 (78.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (21.05%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,064 (100%)
English only: 3,677 (90.48%)
Language other than English: 387 (9.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (1.89%)
--Spanish: 124 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 249 (6.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (1.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,418 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,334% (98.1%)
Arab: 12 (0.27%)
Czech: 4 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 46 (1.04%)
English: 200 (4.53%)
French (except Basque): 1,544 (34.95%)
French Canadian: 193 (4.37%)
German: 482 (10.91%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.16%)
Irish: 252 (5.7%)
Italian: 338 (7.65%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 38 (0.86%)
Polish: 10 (0.23%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.09%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.63%)
Scottish: 38 (0.86%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 37 (0.84%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 212 (4.8%)
Welsh: 6 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 883 (19.99%)

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