Chatham, LA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2214485, place: Chatham town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 142 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (9.86%)
Kindergarten: 10 (7.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 70 (49.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 31 (21.83%)
College or graduate school: 17 (11.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 390 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (10%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 76 (19.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 145 (37.18%)
Some college, no degree: 70 (17.95%)
Associate degree: 2 (0.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (9.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (5.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 501 (100%)
Never married: 164 (32.73%)
Now married, except separated: 209 (41.72%)
Separated: 16 (3.19%)
Total Widowed: 53 (10.58%)
Widowed Female: 43 (8.58%)
Total Divorced: 59 (11.78%)
Divorced Female: 23 (4.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 473 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (14.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 164 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (16.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 343 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (38.19%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 212 (61.81%)
----Percent employed: 48.1%
Population 65 years and over: 91 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (42.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 598 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 372 (62.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 226 (37.79%)
--Same county: 70 (11.71%)
--Different county: 156 (26.09%)
----Same state: 123 (20.57%)
----Different state: 33 (5.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 637 (100%)
Native: 637 (100%)
--Born in United States: 637 (100%)
----State of residence: 547 (85.87%)
----Different state: 90 (14.13%)
--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: 598 (100%)
English only: 585 (97.83%)
Language other than English: 13 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.84%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 637 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 457% (71.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.47%)
English: 23 (3.61%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.41%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 15 (2.35%)
Greek: 2 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 38 (5.97%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.63%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 52 (8.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 309 (48.51%)

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