Breaux Bridge, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2209340, place: Breaux Bridge city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,082 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 229 (11%)
Kindergarten: 152 (7.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 945 (45.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 549 (26.37%)
College or graduate school: 207 (9.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,254 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 877 (20.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 761 (17.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,460 (34.32%)
Some college, no degree: 539 (12.67%)
Associate degree: 94 (2.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 244 (5.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 279 (6.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,322 (100%)
Never married: 1,658 (31.15%)
Now married, except separated: 2,398 (45.06%)
Separated: 209 (3.93%)
Total Widowed: 595 (11.18%)
Widowed Female: 461 (8.66%)
Total Divorced: 462 (8.68%)
Divorced Female: 315 (5.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 188 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 120 (63.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,972 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 478 (9.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,825 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (9.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,617 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,019 (28.17%)
----Percent employed: 51.1%
--No disability: 2,598 (71.83%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
Population 65 years and over: 656 (100%)
--With a disability: 328 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,522 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,284 (65.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,232 (34.22%)
--Same county: 1,237 (18.97%)
--Different county: 995 (15.26%)
----Same state: 850 (13.03%)
----Different state: 145 (2.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,163 (100%)
Native: 7,128 (99.51%)
--Born in United States: 7,115 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,679 (93.24%)
----Different state: 436 (6.09%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 35 (0.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 35 (100%)
Europe: 21 (60%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (40%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,522 (100%)
English only: 4,410 (67.62%)
Language other than English: 2,112 (32.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 611 (9.37%)
--Spanish: 113 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,999 (30.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 581 (8.91%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,163 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,204% (86.61%)
Arab: 18 (0.25%)
Czech: 6 (0.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 16 (0.22%)
English: 81 (1.13%)
French (except Basque): 979 (13.67%)
French Canadian: 730 (10.19%)
German: 145 (2.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.06%)
Irish: 164 (2.29%)
Italian: 63 (0.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.36%)
Polish: 6 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 6 (0.08%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 135 (1.88%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 11 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 544 (7.59%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 3,264 (45.57%)

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