Bridge City, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2209480, place: Bridge City CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,495 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 202 (8.1%)
Kindergarten: 224 (8.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,183 (47.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 641 (25.69%)
College or graduate school: 245 (9.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,612 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 699 (15.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,267 (27.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,481 (32.11%)
Some college, no degree: 808 (17.52%)
Associate degree: 192 (4.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 106 (2.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (1.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,034 (100%)
Never married: 2,038 (33.78%)
Now married, except separated: 2,548 (42.23%)
Separated: 240 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 451 (7.47%)
Widowed Female: 313 (5.19%)
Total Divorced: 757 (12.55%)
Divorced Female: 435 (7.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 368 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 127 (34.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,487 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 585 (10.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,314 (100%)
--With a disability: 284 (12.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,367 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,534 (35.13%)
----Percent employed: 40.9%
--No disability: 2,833 (64.87%)
----Percent employed: 60.8%
Population 65 years and over: 702 (100%)
--With a disability: 357 (50.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,563 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,694 (62.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,769 (36.61%)
--Same county: 2,030 (26.84%)
--Different county: 739 (9.77%)
----Same state: 487 (6.44%)
----Different state: 252 (3.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 100 (1.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,270 (100%)
Native: 7,893 (95.44%)
--Born in United States: 7,871 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,979 (84.39%)
----Different state: 892 (10.79%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 377 (4.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 164 (1.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 187 (2.26%)
--Not a citizen: 190 (2.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 377 (100%)
Europe: 6 (1.59%)
Asia: 205 (54.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 166 (44.03%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,563 (100%)
English only: 6,777 (89.61%)
Language other than English: 786 (10.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 333 (4.4%)
--Spanish: 294 (3.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (1.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 213 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 267 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (1.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,270 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,632% (92.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.12%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 43 (0.52%)
English: 131 (1.58%)
French (except Basque): 946 (11.44%)
French Canadian: 279 (3.37%)
German: 271 (3.28%)
Greek: 14 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 272 (3.29%)
Italian: 274 (3.31%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.06%)
Polish: 9 (0.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (0.74%)
Scottish: 46 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.27%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 930 (11.25%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,313 (52.15%)

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