Dodson, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2221170, place: Dodson village, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 113 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (2.65%)
Kindergarten: 12 (10.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 72 (63.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 17 (15.04%)
College or graduate school: 9 (7.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 215 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (11.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 33 (15.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 109 (50.7%)
Some college, no degree: 28 (13.02%)
Associate degree: 2 (0.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (6.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 254 (100%)
Never married: 45 (17.72%)
Now married, except separated: 130 (51.18%)
Separated: 2 (0.79%)
Total Widowed: 38 (14.96%)
Widowed Female: 27 (10.63%)
Total Divorced: 39 (15.35%)
Divorced Female: 25 (9.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (64.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 234 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 33 (14.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 108 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (6.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 163 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (32.52%)
----Percent employed: 35.8%
--No disability: 110 (67.48%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
Population 65 years and over: 61 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (45.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 332 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 183 (55.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 149 (44.88%)
--Same county: 99 (29.82%)
--Different county: 50 (15.06%)
----Same state: 22 (6.63%)
----Different state: 28 (8.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 355 (100%)
Native: 351 (98.87%)
--Born in United States: 350 (100%)
----State of residence: 310 (87.32%)
----Different state: 40 (11.27%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 4 (1.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (1.13%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 332 (100%)
English only: 318 (95.78%)
Language other than English: 14 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 12 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 355 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 325% (91.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (1.41%)
English: 35 (9.86%)
French (except Basque): 9 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 4 (1.13%)
German: 14 (3.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (8.17%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (2.54%)
Scottish: 2 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 71 (20%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 147 (41.41%)

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