Broussard, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2210075, place: Broussard town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,618 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 85 (5.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 669 (41.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 392 (24.23%)
College or graduate school: 360 (22.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,652 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 233 (6.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 403 (11.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,325 (36.28%)
Some college, no degree: 701 (19.19%)
Associate degree: 243 (6.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 576 (15.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 171 (4.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,597 (100%)
Never married: 1,267 (27.56%)
Now married, except separated: 2,385 (51.88%)
Separated: 167 (3.63%)
Total Widowed: 245 (5.33%)
Widowed Female: 175 (3.81%)
Total Divorced: 533 (11.59%)
Divorced Female: 323 (7.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 95 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (34.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,217 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 382 (9.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,497 (100%)
--With a disability: 211 (14.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,511 (100%)
--With a disability: 518 (14.75%)
----Percent employed: 48.5%
--No disability: 2,993 (85.25%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 437 (100%)
--With a disability: 168 (38.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,450 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,768 (50.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,641 (48.46%)
--Same county: 1,764 (32.37%)
--Different county: 877 (16.09%)
----Same state: 792 (14.53%)
----Different state: 85 (1.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,963 (100%)
Native: 5,881 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 5,876 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,047 (84.64%)
----Different state: 829 (13.9%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 82 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (0.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 63 (1.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 82 (100%)
Europe: 26 (31.71%)
Asia: 27 (32.93%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (35.37%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,450 (100%)
English only: 4,539 (83.28%)
Language other than English: 911 (16.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (2.72%)
--Spanish: 139 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 745 (13.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (1.91%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,963 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,923% (99.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 34 (0.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 44 (0.74%)
English: 291 (4.88%)
French (except Basque): 1,579 (26.48%)
French Canadian: 668 (11.2%)
German: 469 (7.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 258 (4.33%)
Italian: 175 (2.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 34 (0.57%)
Polish: 9 (0.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (1.36%)
Scottish: 13 (0.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.67%)
Swedish: 8 (0.13%)
Swiss: 14 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 854 (14.32%)
Welsh: 15 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,306 (21.9%)

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