Cameron, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2212000, place: Cameron CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 475 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (4.42%)
Kindergarten: 29 (6.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 277 (58.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 119 (25.05%)
College or graduate school: 29 (6.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,258 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 286 (22.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 234 (18.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 493 (39.19%)
Some college, no degree: 162 (12.88%)
Associate degree: 20 (1.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (3.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (1.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,530 (100%)
Never married: 298 (19.48%)
Now married, except separated: 877 (57.32%)
Separated: 15 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 129 (8.43%)
Widowed Female: 103 (6.73%)
Total Divorced: 211 (13.79%)
Divorced Female: 79 (5.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 106 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (40.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,417 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 142 (10.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 534 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (11.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 211 (19.72%)
----Percent employed: 42.7%
--No disability: 859 (80.28%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
Population 65 years and over: 221 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (34.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,864 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,227 (65.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 590 (31.65%)
--Same county: 391 (20.98%)
--Different county: 199 (10.68%)
----Same state: 144 (7.73%)
----Different state: 55 (2.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 47 (2.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,969 (100%)
Native: 1,861 (94.51%)
--Born in United States: 1,851 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,475 (74.91%)
----Different state: 376 (19.1%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 108 (5.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 73 (3.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 93 (4.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 108 (100%)
Europe: 3 (2.78%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 99 (91.67%)
Northern America: 6 (5.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,864 (100%)
English only: 1,589 (85.25%)
Language other than English: 275 (14.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (6.49%)
--Spanish: 119 (6.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (4.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 156 (8.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (2.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,969 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,626% (82.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.3%)
English: 41 (2.08%)
French (except Basque): 301 (15.29%)
French Canadian: 274 (13.92%)
German: 46 (2.34%)
Greek: 3 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 50 (2.54%)
Italian: 59 (3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.66%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.25%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (1.32%)
Swedish: 7 (0.36%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 458 (23.26%)
Welsh: 2 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 328 (16.66%)

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