Chalmette, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2214135, place: Chalmette CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,168 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 599 (7.33%)
Kindergarten: 315 (3.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,556 (43.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,726 (21.13%)
College or graduate school: 1,972 (24.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,168 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,799 (8.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,290 (15.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,980 (37.7%)
Some college, no degree: 4,988 (23.56%)
Associate degree: 995 (4.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,401 (6.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 715 (3.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 25,943 (100%)
Never married: 6,511 (25.1%)
Now married, except separated: 13,806 (53.22%)
Separated: 363 (1.4%)
Total Widowed: 2,406 (9.27%)
Widowed Female: 1,930 (7.44%)
Total Divorced: 2,857 (11.01%)
Divorced Female: 1,695 (6.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 723 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 296 (40.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 24,447 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,050 (12.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,873 (100%)
--With a disability: 520 (7.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,316 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,474 (24.43%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 13,842 (75.57%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 4,445 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,226 (50.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 30,123 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,802 (62.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,146 (37%)
--Same county: 7,387 (24.52%)
--Different county: 3,759 (12.48%)
----Same state: 2,599 (8.63%)
----Different state: 1,160 (3.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 175 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 32,080 (100%)
Native: 30,904 (96.33%)
--Born in United States: 30,791 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,213 (84.83%)
----Different state: 3,578 (11.15%)
--Born outside United States: 113 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 1,176 (3.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 362 (1.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 668 (2.08%)
--Not a citizen: 508 (1.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,176 (100%)
Europe: 129 (10.97%)
Asia: 503 (42.77%)
Africa: 7 (0.6%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 537 (45.66%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 30,123 (100%)
English only: 27,797 (92.28%)
Language other than English: 2,326 (7.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 905 (3%)
--Spanish: 1,086 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 409 (1.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 655 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 194 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 372 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 202 (0.67%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 32,080 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,943% (118.28%)
Arab: 211 (0.66%)
Czech: 85 (0.26%)
Danish: 29 (0.09%)
Dutch: 301 (0.94%)
English: 1,444 (4.5%)
French (except Basque): 8,818 (27.49%)
French Canadian: 561 (1.75%)
German: 6,114 (19.06%)
Greek: 145 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 68 (0.21%)
Irish: 4,083 (12.73%)
Italian: 7,177 (22.37%)
Lithuanian: 58 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 130 (0.41%)
Polish: 143 (0.45%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.14%)
Russian: 36 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 202 (0.63%)
Scottish: 154 (0.48%)
Slovak: 27 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.02%)
Swedish: 51 (0.16%)
Swiss: 25 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.05%)
United States or American: 2,148 (6.7%)
Welsh: 49 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 5,809 (18.11%)

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