Elmwood, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2223567, place: Elmwood CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 927 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (5.93%)
Kindergarten: 17 (1.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 130 (14.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 60 (6.47%)
College or graduate school: 665 (71.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,376 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (1.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 179 (5.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 454 (13.45%)
Some college, no degree: 659 (19.52%)
Associate degree: 172 (5.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,099 (32.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 775 (22.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 55.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,075 (100%)
Never married: 1,589 (38.99%)
Now married, except separated: 1,565 (38.4%)
Separated: 118 (2.9%)
Total Widowed: 170 (4.17%)
Widowed Female: 163 (4%)
Total Divorced: 633 (15.53%)
Divorced Female: 260 (6.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,000 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 352 (8.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 275 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (12.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 468 (12.99%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
--No disability: 3,136 (87.01%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 297 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (37.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,230 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 984 (23.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,073 (72.65%)
--Same county: 950 (22.46%)
--Different county: 2,123 (50.19%)
----Same state: 999 (23.62%)
----Different state: 1,124 (26.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 173 (4.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,432 (100%)
Native: 4,080 (92.06%)
--Born in United States: 4,004 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,298 (51.85%)
----Different state: 1,706 (38.49%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (1.71%)
Foreign born: 352 (7.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 184 (4.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 184 (4.15%)
--Not a citizen: 168 (3.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 352 (100%)
Europe: 35 (9.94%)
Asia: 173 (49.15%)
Africa: 10 (2.84%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 99 (28.13%)
Northern America: 35 (9.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,230 (100%)
English only: 3,790 (89.6%)
Language other than English: 440 (10.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (2.39%)
--Spanish: 191 (4.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (1.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 101 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 107 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,432 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,100% (115.07%)
Arab: 69 (1.56%)
Czech: 17 (0.38%)
Danish: 10 (0.23%)
Dutch: 14 (0.32%)
English: 410 (9.25%)
French (except Basque): 691 (15.59%)
French Canadian: 173 (3.9%)
German: 689 (15.55%)
Greek: 8 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 401 (9.05%)
Italian: 586 (13.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 49 (1.11%)
Polish: 17 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.61%)
Russian: 36 (0.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 91 (2.05%)
Scottish: 87 (1.96%)
Slovak: 19 (0.43%)
Subsaharan African: 29 (0.65%)
Swedish: 6 (0.14%)
Swiss: 27 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.2%)
United States or American: 254 (5.73%)
Welsh: 24 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 26 (0.59%)
Other ancestries: 1,331 (30.03%)

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