Blanchard, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2207730, place: Blanchard town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 626 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (11.34%)
Kindergarten: 47 (7.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 287 (45.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 118 (18.85%)
College or graduate school: 103 (16.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,345 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (2.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 144 (10.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 469 (34.87%)
Some college, no degree: 365 (27.14%)
Associate degree: 92 (6.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 172 (12.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 64 (4.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,590 (100%)
Never married: 238 (14.97%)
Now married, except separated: 1,048 (65.91%)
Separated: 42 (2.64%)
Total Widowed: 113 (7.11%)
Widowed Female: 106 (6.67%)
Total Divorced: 149 (9.37%)
Divorced Female: 83 (5.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (59.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,504 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 227 (15.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 515 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (9.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,151 (100%)
--With a disability: 204 (17.72%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 947 (82.28%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 277 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (50.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,947 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,029 (52.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 899 (46.17%)
--Same county: 569 (29.22%)
--Different county: 330 (16.95%)
----Same state: 156 (8.01%)
----Different state: 174 (8.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,136 (100%)
Native: 2,102 (98.41%)
--Born in United States: 2,080 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,413 (66.15%)
----Different state: 667 (31.23%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 34 (1.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 15 (44.12%)
Asia: 8 (23.53%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (11.76%)
Northern America: 7 (20.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,947 (100%)
English only: 1,897 (97.43%)
Language other than English: 50 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.67%)
--Spanish: 19 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,136 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,904% (89.14%)
Arab: 2 (0.09%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (0.7%)
Dutch: 31 (1.45%)
English: 232 (10.86%)
French (except Basque): 101 (4.73%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.56%)
German: 235 (11%)
Greek: 4 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.14%)
Irish: 223 (10.44%)
Italian: 40 (1.87%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.09%)
Polish: 28 (1.31%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.42%)
Russian: 4 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (2.67%)
Scottish: 29 (1.36%)
Slovak: 2 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.19%)
Swedish: 14 (0.66%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.09%)
United States or American: 462 (21.63%)
Welsh: 16 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 375 (17.56%)

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