Bogalusa, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2208150, place: Bogalusa city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,145 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 201 (6.39%)
Kindergarten: 235 (7.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,674 (53.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 788 (25.06%)
College or graduate school: 247 (7.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,396 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 935 (11.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,935 (23.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,150 (37.52%)
Some college, no degree: 1,283 (15.28%)
Associate degree: 183 (2.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 535 (6.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 375 (4.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,251 (100%)
Never married: 2,839 (27.69%)
Now married, except separated: 4,292 (41.87%)
Separated: 330 (3.22%)
Total Widowed: 1,438 (14.03%)
Widowed Female: 1,157 (11.29%)
Total Divorced: 1,352 (13.19%)
Divorced Female: 856 (8.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 422 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 260 (61.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,694 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,551 (16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,195 (100%)
--With a disability: 383 (11.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,261 (34.82%)
----Percent employed: 37.9%
--No disability: 4,232 (65.18%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,341 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,208 (51.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,295 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,157 (58.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,109 (41.55%)
--Same county: 3,865 (31.44%)
--Different county: 1,244 (10.12%)
----Same state: 578 (4.7%)
----Different state: 666 (5.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,352 (100%)
Native: 13,292 (99.55%)
--Born in United States: 13,239 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,594 (79.34%)
----Different state: 2,645 (19.81%)
--Born outside United States: 53 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 60 (0.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60 (100%)
Europe: 26 (43.33%)
Asia: 10 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (31.67%)
Northern America: 5 (8.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,295 (100%)
English only: 11,946 (97.16%)
Language other than English: 349 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (1.1%)
--Spanish: 163 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (0.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 169 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,352 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,963% (82.11%)
Arab: 14 (0.1%)
Czech: 8 (0.06%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 30 (0.22%)
English: 710 (5.32%)
French (except Basque): 522 (3.91%)
French Canadian: 30 (0.22%)
German: 534 (4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.12%)
Irish: 958 (7.17%)
Italian: 236 (1.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.22%)
Polish: 7 (0.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 272 (2.04%)
Scottish: 181 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 73 (0.55%)
Swedish: 11 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,065 (15.47%)
Welsh: 15 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 5,246 (39.29%)

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