Delcambre, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2220155, place: Delcambre town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 540 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (7.41%)
Kindergarten: 32 (5.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 291 (53.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 124 (22.96%)
College or graduate school: 53 (9.81%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,284 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 216 (16.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 235 (18.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 481 (37.46%)
Some college, no degree: 185 (14.41%)
Associate degree: 37 (2.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 107 (8.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (1.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,573 (100%)
Never married: 428 (27.21%)
Now married, except separated: 795 (50.54%)
Separated: 34 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 130 (8.26%)
Widowed Female: 103 (6.55%)
Total Divorced: 186 (11.82%)
Divorced Female: 95 (6.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,479 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 161 (10.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (14.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,130 (100%)
--With a disability: 234 (20.71%)
----Percent employed: 53.4%
--No disability: 896 (79.29%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 245 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (54.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,920 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,174 (61.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 746 (38.85%)
--Same county: 473 (24.64%)
--Different county: 273 (14.22%)
----Same state: 212 (11.04%)
----Different state: 61 (3.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,145 (100%)
Native: 2,125 (99.07%)
--Born in United States: 2,114 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,931 (90.02%)
----Different state: 183 (8.53%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 20 (0.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.47%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 2 (10%)
Asia: 2 (10%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (80%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,920 (100%)
English only: 1,418 (73.85%)
Language other than English: 502 (26.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (8.18%)
--Spanish: 28 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 474 (24.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 149 (7.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,145 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,805% (84.15%)
Arab: 2 (0.09%)
Czech: 3 (0.14%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.14%)
English: 17 (0.79%)
French (except Basque): 430 (20.05%)
French Canadian: 286 (13.33%)
German: 85 (3.96%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 60 (2.8%)
Italian: 20 (0.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.09%)
Polish: 2 (0.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 9 (0.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.05%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 372 (17.34%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 511 (23.82%)

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