Cankton, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2212420, place: Cankton village, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 115 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (9.57%)
Kindergarten: 3 (2.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 71 (61.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25 (21.74%)
College or graduate school: 5 (4.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 224 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (16.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 48 (21.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 77 (34.38%)
Some college, no degree: 48 (21.43%)
Associate degree: 4 (1.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 10 (4.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1 (0.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 286 (100%)
Never married: 72 (25.17%)
Now married, except separated: 176 (61.54%)
Separated: 10 (3.5%)
Total Widowed: 15 (5.24%)
Widowed Female: 11 (3.85%)
Total Divorced: 13 (4.55%)
Divorced Female: 7 (2.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 265 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 50 (18.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (11.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (29.38%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 137 (70.62%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
Population 65 years and over: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 362 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 281 (77.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 79 (21.82%)
--Same county: 31 (8.56%)
--Different county: 48 (13.26%)
----Same state: 35 (9.67%)
----Different state: 13 (3.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 385 (100%)
Native: 382 (99.22%)
--Born in United States: 375 (100%)
----State of residence: 344 (89.35%)
----Different state: 31 (8.05%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 1 (33.33%)
Asia: 2 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 362 (100%)
English only: 235 (64.92%)
Language other than English: 127 (35.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (13.26%)
--Spanish: 5 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 122 (33.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (12.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 385 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 332% (86.23%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 1 (0.26%)
English: 9 (2.34%)
French (except Basque): 114 (29.61%)
French Canadian: 63 (16.36%)
German: 13 (3.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 5 (1.3%)
Italian: 4 (1.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.52%)
Polish: 7 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.78%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 3 (0.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 91 (23.64%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 16 (4.16%)

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