Chauvin, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2214520, place: Chauvin CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 773 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (2.98%)
Kindergarten: 52 (6.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 458 (59.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 179 (23.16%)
College or graduate school: 61 (7.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,872 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 599 (32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 443 (23.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 603 (32.21%)
Some college, no degree: 152 (8.12%)
Associate degree: 10 (0.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 54 (2.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (0.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 44.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,352 (100%)
Never married: 469 (19.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,430 (60.8%)
Separated: 55 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 201 (8.55%)
Widowed Female: 161 (6.85%)
Total Divorced: 197 (8.38%)
Divorced Female: 101 (4.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 89 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (64.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,172 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 193 (8.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 842 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (9.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,611 (100%)
--With a disability: 603 (37.43%)
----Percent employed: 35.5%
--No disability: 1,008 (62.57%)
----Percent employed: 62%
Population 65 years and over: 418 (100%)
--With a disability: 254 (60.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,871 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,886 (65.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 985 (34.31%)
--Same county: 818 (28.49%)
--Different county: 167 (5.82%)
----Same state: 72 (2.51%)
----Different state: 95 (3.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,075 (100%)
Native: 3,049 (99.15%)
--Born in United States: 3,038 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,909 (94.6%)
----Different state: 129 (4.2%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 26 (0.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 26 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,871 (100%)
English only: 1,897 (66.07%)
Language other than English: 974 (33.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 319 (11.11%)
--Spanish: 31 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 943 (32.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (10.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,075 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,208% (71.8%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 88 (2.86%)
French (except Basque): 467 (15.19%)
French Canadian: 548 (17.82%)
German: 43 (1.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 89 (2.89%)
Italian: 137 (4.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 10 (0.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 669 (21.76%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 157 (5.11%)

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