Dequincy, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2220575, place: DeQuincy city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 808 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (7.67%)
Kindergarten: 66 (8.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 416 (51.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 149 (18.44%)
College or graduate school: 115 (14.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,172 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 247 (11.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 345 (15.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 882 (40.61%)
Some college, no degree: 387 (17.82%)
Associate degree: 62 (2.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 163 (7.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,610 (100%)
Never married: 538 (20.61%)
Now married, except separated: 1,401 (53.68%)
Separated: 88 (3.37%)
Total Widowed: 305 (11.69%)
Widowed Female: 255 (9.77%)
Total Divorced: 278 (10.65%)
Divorced Female: 166 (6.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 84 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 72 (85.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,475 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 333 (13.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 777 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (12.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,792 (100%)
--With a disability: 446 (24.89%)
----Percent employed: 47.3%
--No disability: 1,346 (75.11%)
----Percent employed: 66.8%
Population 65 years and over: 493 (100%)
--With a disability: 230 (46.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,118 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,767 (56.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,346 (43.17%)
--Same county: 939 (30.12%)
--Different county: 407 (13.05%)
----Same state: 215 (6.9%)
----Different state: 192 (6.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,385 (100%)
Native: 3,364 (99.38%)
--Born in United States: 3,341 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,771 (81.86%)
----Different state: 570 (16.84%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 21 (0.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 3 (14.29%)
Asia: 14 (66.67%)
Africa: 2 (9.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (9.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,118 (100%)
English only: 3,002 (96.28%)
Language other than English: 116 (3.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 37 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,385 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,726% (80.53%)
Arab: 15 (0.44%)
Czech: 3 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 39 (1.15%)
English: 274 (8.09%)
French (except Basque): 260 (7.68%)
French Canadian: 100 (2.95%)
German: 201 (5.94%)
Greek: 1 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 252 (7.44%)
Italian: 24 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.15%)
Polish: 8 (0.24%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.06%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.86%)
Scottish: 35 (1.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.65%)
Swedish: 43 (1.27%)
Swiss: 2 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 453 (13.38%)
Welsh: 2 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 956 (28.24%)

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