Bossier City, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2208920, place: Bossier City city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 16,052 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,328 (8.27%)
Kindergarten: 1,041 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,417 (46.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,067 (19.11%)
College or graduate school: 3,199 (19.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,277 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,563 (4.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,427 (12.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,806 (31.53%)
Some college, no degree: 9,090 (26.52%)
Associate degree: 2,163 (6.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,089 (11.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,139 (6.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 43,030 (100%)
Never married: 10,950 (25.45%)
Now married, except separated: 23,303 (54.16%)
Separated: 1,352 (3.14%)
Total Widowed: 2,573 (5.98%)
Widowed Female: 2,202 (5.12%)
Total Divorced: 4,852 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 2,746 (6.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,121 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 470 (41.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 37,503 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,466 (19.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,712 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,037 (7.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,689 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,799 (20.21%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 22,890 (79.79%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,632 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,477 (43.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 51,907 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,845 (45.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26,919 (51.86%)
--Same county: 11,452 (22.06%)
--Different county: 15,467 (29.8%)
----Same state: 6,753 (13.01%)
----Different state: 8,714 (16.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,143 (2.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 56,349 (100%)
Native: 54,532 (96.78%)
--Born in United States: 53,422 (100%)
----State of residence: 30,399 (53.95%)
----Different state: 23,023 (40.86%)
--Born outside United States: 1,110 (1.97%)
Foreign born: 1,817 (3.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 556 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 901 (1.6%)
--Not a citizen: 916 (1.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,817 (100%)
Europe: 307 (16.9%)
Asia: 790 (43.48%)
Africa: 64 (3.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 617 (33.96%)
Northern America: 39 (2.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 51,907 (100%)
English only: 48,318 (93.09%)
Language other than English: 3,589 (6.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,312 (2.53%)
--Spanish: 2,021 (3.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 780 (1.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 775 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 693 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 393 (0.76%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 56,349 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 52,105% (92.47%)
Arab: 41 (0.07%)
Czech: 185 (0.33%)
Danish: 120 (0.21%)
Dutch: 802 (1.42%)
English: 4,672 (8.29%)
French (except Basque): 2,816 (5%)
French Canadian: 444 (0.79%)
German: 5,228 (9.28%)
Greek: 102 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 58 (0.1%)
Irish: 5,893 (10.46%)
Italian: 1,671 (2.97%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 276 (0.49%)
Polish: 385 (0.68%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.08%)
Russian: 73 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 925 (1.64%)
Scottish: 712 (1.26%)
Slovak: 39 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 428 (0.76%)
Swedish: 190 (0.34%)
Swiss: 126 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.04%)
United States or American: 6,731 (11.95%)
Welsh: 220 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 38 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 19,836 (35.2%)

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