General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2214450, place: Chataignier village, Louisiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 109 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (5.5%)
Kindergarten: 3 (2.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 49 (44.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 24 (22.02%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 240 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (27.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 53 (22.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 78 (32.5%)
Some college, no degree: 20 (8.33%)
Associate degree: 16 (6.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 2 (0.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (2.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 50.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 299 (100%)
Never married: 89 (29.77%)
Now married, except separated: 147 (49.16%)
Separated: 15 (5.02%)
Total Widowed: 14 (4.68%)
Widowed Female: 14 (4.68%)
Total Divorced: 34 (11.37%)
Divorced Female: 12 (4.01%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (38.46%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 286 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 13 (4.55%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (3.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 230 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (32.61%)
----Percent employed: 29.3%
--No disability: 155 (67.39%)
----Percent employed: 49%
Population 65 years and over: 39 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (46.15%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 353 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 256 (72.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 91 (25.78%)
--Same county: 85 (24.08%)
--Different county: 6 (1.7%)
----Same state: 5 (1.42%)
----Different state: 1 (0.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (1.7%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 413 (100%)
Native: 410 (99.27%)
--Born in United States: 410 (100%)
----State of residence: 394 (95.4%)
----Different state: 16 (3.87%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.73%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 353 (100%)
English only: 233 (66.01%)
Language other than English: 120 (33.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (18.13%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 117 (33.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (17.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 347% (84.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 43 (10.41%)
French Canadian: 22 (5.33%)
German: 3 (0.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 4 (0.97%)
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: 45 (10.9%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 230 (55.69%)
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