Bunkie, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2210950, place: Bunkie city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,374 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 125 (9.1%)
Kindergarten: 104 (7.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 813 (59.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 242 (17.61%)
College or graduate school: 90 (6.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,879 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 467 (16.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 616 (21.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,103 (38.31%)
Some college, no degree: 329 (11.43%)
Associate degree: 111 (3.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 161 (5.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 92 (3.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,571 (100%)
Never married: 1,013 (28.37%)
Now married, except separated: 1,548 (43.35%)
Separated: 152 (4.26%)
Total Widowed: 456 (12.77%)
Widowed Female: 370 (10.36%)
Total Divorced: 402 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 255 (7.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 106 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (46.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,334 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 367 (11.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,411 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (10.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,279 (100%)
--With a disability: 536 (23.52%)
----Percent employed: 32.1%
--No disability: 1,743 (76.48%)
----Percent employed: 60%
Population 65 years and over: 649 (100%)
--With a disability: 337 (51.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,490 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,883 (64.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,561 (34.77%)
--Same county: 1,216 (27.08%)
--Different county: 345 (7.68%)
----Same state: 166 (3.7%)
----Different state: 179 (3.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,847 (100%)
Native: 4,833 (99.71%)
--Born in United States: 4,833 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,437 (91.54%)
----Different state: 396 (8.17%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.29%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,490 (100%)
English only: 4,090 (91.09%)
Language other than English: 400 (8.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (1.69%)
--Spanish: 32 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 357 (7.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,847 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,803% (78.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.12%)
English: 108 (2.23%)
French (except Basque): 743 (15.33%)
French Canadian: 162 (3.34%)
German: 62 (1.28%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 232 (4.79%)
Italian: 126 (2.6%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.29%)
Polish: 3 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.39%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 46 (0.95%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 9 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 457 (9.43%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,816 (37.47%)

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