Charenton, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2214310, place: Charenton CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 532 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (7.89%)
Kindergarten: 35 (6.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 220 (41.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 132 (24.81%)
College or graduate school: 103 (19.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,174 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 209 (17.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 276 (23.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 482 (41.06%)
Some college, no degree: 135 (11.5%)
Associate degree: 28 (2.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (2.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (1.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,393 (100%)
Never married: 376 (26.99%)
Now married, except separated: 727 (52.19%)
Separated: 64 (4.59%)
Total Widowed: 84 (6.03%)
Widowed Female: 52 (3.73%)
Total Divorced: 142 (10.19%)
Divorced Female: 73 (5.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,303 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 148 (11.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 456 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (9.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,041 (100%)
--With a disability: 218 (20.94%)
----Percent employed: 38.1%
--No disability: 823 (79.06%)
----Percent employed: 61.4%
Population 65 years and over: 195 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (51.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,692 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,102 (65.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 577 (34.1%)
--Same county: 463 (27.36%)
--Different county: 114 (6.74%)
----Same state: 52 (3.07%)
----Different state: 62 (3.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,836 (100%)
Native: 1,812 (98.69%)
--Born in United States: 1,804 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,669 (90.9%)
----Different state: 135 (7.35%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 24 (1.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.98%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24 (100%)
Europe: 16 (66.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (25%)
Northern America: 2 (8.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,692 (100%)
English only: 1,540 (91.02%)
Language other than English: 152 (8.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (2.01%)
--Spanish: 16 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 105 (6.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (1.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,836 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,647% (89.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 95 (5.17%)
French (except Basque): 149 (8.12%)
French Canadian: 162 (8.82%)
German: 91 (4.96%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.22%)
Irish: 31 (1.69%)
Italian: 29 (1.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.16%)
Scottish: 14 (0.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (1.36%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 154 (8.39%)
Welsh: 8 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 882 (48.04%)

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