Donaldsonville, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2221240, place: Donaldsonville city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 191 (8%)
Kindergarten: 129 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,117 (46.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 713 (29.87%)
College or graduate school: 237 (9.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,188 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 502 (11.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 899 (21.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,625 (38.8%)
Some college, no degree: 633 (15.11%)
Associate degree: 93 (2.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 280 (6.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 156 (3.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,517 (100%)
Never married: 2,323 (42.11%)
Now married, except separated: 1,968 (35.67%)
Separated: 172 (3.12%)
Total Widowed: 588 (10.66%)
Widowed Female: 507 (9.19%)
Total Divorced: 466 (8.45%)
Divorced Female: 266 (4.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 326 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 180 (55.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,097 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 449 (8.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,243 (100%)
--With a disability: 222 (9.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,802 (100%)
--With a disability: 987 (25.96%)
----Percent employed: 50.7%
--No disability: 2,815 (74.04%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
Population 65 years and over: 753 (100%)
--With a disability: 402 (53.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,912 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,022 (72.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,866 (27%)
--Same county: 1,175 (17%)
--Different county: 691 (10%)
----Same state: 588 (8.51%)
----Different state: 103 (1.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,559 (100%)
Native: 7,528 (99.59%)
--Born in United States: 7,521 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,260 (96.04%)
----Different state: 261 (3.45%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 31 (0.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31 (100%)
Europe: 12 (38.71%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (61.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,912 (100%)
English only: 6,719 (97.21%)
Language other than English: 193 (2.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (1.03%)
--Spanish: 54 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 139 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,559 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,050% (93.27%)
Arab: 20 (0.26%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 20 (0.26%)
French (except Basque): 802 (10.61%)
French Canadian: 149 (1.97%)
German: 144 (1.91%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 84 (1.11%)
Italian: 430 (5.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.11%)
Polish: 25 (0.33%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 10 (0.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.3%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 199 (2.63%)
Welsh: 3 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,133 (67.91%)

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