Eunice, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2224565, place: Eunice city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,119 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 177 (5.67%)
Kindergarten: 205 (6.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,507 (48.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 756 (24.24%)
College or graduate school: 474 (15.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,848 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,293 (18.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,351 (19.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,024 (29.56%)
Some college, no degree: 1,144 (16.71%)
Associate degree: 275 (4.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 450 (6.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 311 (4.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,574 (100%)
Never married: 2,114 (24.66%)
Now married, except separated: 4,521 (52.73%)
Separated: 248 (2.89%)
Total Widowed: 821 (9.58%)
Widowed Female: 657 (7.66%)
Total Divorced: 870 (10.15%)
Divorced Female: 525 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 351 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 219 (62.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,035 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,000 (12.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,966 (100%)
--With a disability: 373 (12.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,561 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,417 (25.48%)
----Percent employed: 33.2%
--No disability: 4,144 (74.52%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,639 (100%)
--With a disability: 858 (52.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,433 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,100 (58.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,242 (40.66%)
--Same county: 2,742 (26.28%)
--Different county: 1,500 (14.38%)
----Same state: 1,189 (11.4%)
----Different state: 311 (2.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 91 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,378 (100%)
Native: 11,312 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 11,286 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,520 (92.46%)
----Different state: 766 (6.73%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 66 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 37 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 66 (100%)
Europe: 18 (27.27%)
Asia: 10 (15.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (57.58%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,433 (100%)
English only: 7,952 (76.22%)
Language other than English: 2,481 (23.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 557 (5.34%)
--Spanish: 82 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,393 (22.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 517 (4.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,378 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,708% (85.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (0.19%)
Danish: 17 (0.15%)
Dutch: 20 (0.18%)
English: 275 (2.42%)
French (except Basque): 2,116 (18.6%)
French Canadian: 1,156 (10.16%)
German: 511 (4.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 406 (3.57%)
Italian: 121 (1.06%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.08%)
Polish: 43 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (0.79%)
Scottish: 18 (0.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 48 (0.42%)
Swedish: 7 (0.06%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,582 (13.9%)
Welsh: 8 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,243 (28.5%)

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