Castor, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2213260, place: Castor village, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 64 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (3.13%)
Kindergarten: 6 (9.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 46 (71.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6 (9.38%)
College or graduate school: 4 (6.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 135 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8 (5.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 27 (20%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 63 (46.67%)
Some college, no degree: 13 (9.63%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (10.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (7.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 149 (100%)
Never married: 24 (16.11%)
Now married, except separated: 77 (51.68%)
Separated: 5 (3.36%)
Total Widowed: 29 (19.46%)
Widowed Female: 23 (15.44%)
Total Divorced: 14 (9.4%)
Divorced Female: 6 (4.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 140 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 21 (15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 65 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (4.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (21.43%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 66 (78.57%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
Population 65 years and over: 51 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (56.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 200 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 122 (61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 78 (39%)
--Same county: 51 (25.5%)
--Different county: 27 (13.5%)
----Same state: 25 (12.5%)
----Different state: 2 (1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 217 (100%)
Native: 217 (100%)
--Born in United States: 217 (100%)
----State of residence: 181 (83.41%)
----Different state: 36 (16.59%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 200 (100%)
English only: 198 (99%)
Language other than English: 2 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 217 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 109% (50.23%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 11 (5.07%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 14 (6.45%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 9 (4.15%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 48 (22.12%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 25 (11.52%)

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