De Ridder, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2220610, place: De Ridder city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,584 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 105 (4.06%)
Kindergarten: 107 (4.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,318 (51.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 764 (29.57%)
College or graduate school: 290 (11.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,263 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 457 (7.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 753 (12.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,994 (31.84%)
Some college, no degree: 1,548 (24.72%)
Associate degree: 141 (2.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 890 (14.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 480 (7.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,634 (100%)
Never married: 1,988 (26.04%)
Now married, except separated: 3,927 (51.44%)
Separated: 229 (3%)
Total Widowed: 711 (9.31%)
Widowed Female: 606 (7.94%)
Total Divorced: 779 (10.2%)
Divorced Female: 474 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 307 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 246 (80.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,028 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,397 (19.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,433 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (7.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,065 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,080 (21.32%)
----Percent employed: 51.3%
--No disability: 3,985 (78.68%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,263 (100%)
--With a disability: 610 (48.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,146 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,785 (52.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,117 (45.01%)
--Same county: 2,551 (27.89%)
--Different county: 1,566 (17.12%)
----Same state: 788 (8.62%)
----Different state: 778 (8.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 244 (2.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,744 (100%)
Native: 9,436 (96.84%)
--Born in United States: 9,069 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,201 (63.64%)
----Different state: 2,868 (29.43%)
--Born outside United States: 367 (3.77%)
Foreign born: 308 (3.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 110 (1.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 157 (1.61%)
--Not a citizen: 151 (1.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 308 (100%)
Europe: 124 (40.26%)
Asia: 125 (40.58%)
Africa: 8 (2.6%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (16.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,146 (100%)
English only: 8,595 (93.98%)
Language other than English: 551 (6.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154 (1.68%)
--Spanish: 162 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 240 (2.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 149 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,744 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,296% (85.14%)
Arab: 44 (0.45%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 14 (0.14%)
Dutch: 108 (1.11%)
English: 597 (6.13%)
French (except Basque): 327 (3.36%)
French Canadian: 186 (1.91%)
German: 637 (6.54%)
Greek: 68 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.06%)
Irish: 533 (5.47%)
Italian: 65 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.18%)
Polish: 102 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.17%)
Russian: 24 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 151 (1.55%)
Scottish: 65 (0.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 88 (0.9%)
Swedish: 14 (0.14%)
Swiss: 13 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,276 (13.1%)
Welsh: 45 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 3,872 (39.74%)

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