Clayton, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2215850, place: Clayton town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 254 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (9.45%)
Kindergarten: 20 (7.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 138 (54.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 55 (21.65%)
College or graduate school: 17 (6.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 487 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 124 (25.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (27.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 141 (28.95%)
Some college, no degree: 53 (10.88%)
Associate degree: 6 (1.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 19 (3.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (1.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 46.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 611 (100%)
Never married: 219 (35.84%)
Now married, except separated: 218 (35.68%)
Separated: 32 (5.24%)
Total Widowed: 65 (10.64%)
Widowed Female: 54 (8.84%)
Total Divorced: 77 (12.6%)
Divorced Female: 44 (7.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (65.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 573 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 52 (9.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 242 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (18.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 428 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (42.06%)
----Percent employed: 37.2%
--No disability: 248 (57.94%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
Population 65 years and over: 106 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (72.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 776 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 482 (62.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 292 (37.63%)
--Same county: 196 (25.26%)
--Different county: 96 (12.37%)
----Same state: 62 (7.99%)
----Different state: 34 (4.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 849 (100%)
Native: 840 (98.94%)
--Born in United States: 840 (100%)
----State of residence: 643 (75.74%)
----Different state: 197 (23.2%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 9 (1.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 5 (55.56%)
Asia: 2 (22.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (22.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 776 (100%)
English only: 751 (96.78%)
Language other than English: 25 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.68%)
--Spanish: 11 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 849 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 643% (75.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 9 (1.06%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.82%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2 (0.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 12 (1.41%)
Italian: 7 (0.82%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.18%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 30 (3.53%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 566 (66.67%)

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