Brownsville-bawcomville, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2210230, place: Brownsville-Bawcomville CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,799 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 66 (3.67%)
Kindergarten: 123 (6.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 988 (54.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 348 (19.34%)
College or graduate school: 274 (15.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,764 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 515 (10.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,241 (26.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,010 (42.19%)
Some college, no degree: 689 (14.46%)
Associate degree: 104 (2.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 129 (2.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 76 (1.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,997 (100%)
Never married: 1,495 (24.93%)
Now married, except separated: 3,148 (52.49%)
Separated: 114 (1.9%)
Total Widowed: 465 (7.75%)
Widowed Female: 405 (6.75%)
Total Divorced: 775 (12.92%)
Divorced Female: 461 (7.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 401 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 255 (63.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,628 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 838 (14.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (12.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,305 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,430 (33.22%)
----Percent employed: 49.9%
--No disability: 2,875 (66.78%)
----Percent employed: 65.3%
Population 65 years and over: 973 (100%)
--With a disability: 482 (49.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,133 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,277 (59.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,825 (39.6%)
--Same county: 2,274 (31.88%)
--Different county: 551 (7.72%)
----Same state: 299 (4.19%)
----Different state: 252 (3.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,643 (100%)
Native: 7,550 (98.78%)
--Born in United States: 7,496 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,123 (80.11%)
----Different state: 1,373 (17.96%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 93 (1.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 62 (0.81%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (0.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 93 (100%)
Europe: 53 (56.99%)
Asia: 34 (36.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (6.45%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,133 (100%)
English only: 6,862 (96.2%)
Language other than English: 271 (3.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 101 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 46 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,643 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,461% (84.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 70 (0.92%)
English: 360 (4.71%)
French (except Basque): 382 (5%)
French Canadian: 44 (0.58%)
German: 364 (4.76%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 733 (9.59%)
Italian: 150 (1.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (1.22%)
Scottish: 26 (0.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (0.14%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,821 (23.83%)
Welsh: 25 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 2,343 (30.66%)

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