Fordoche, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2226280, place: Fordoche town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 222 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.41%)
Kindergarten: 14 (6.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 109 (49.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 65 (29.28%)
College or graduate school: 22 (9.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 648 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 118 (18.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 110 (16.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 319 (49.23%)
Some college, no degree: 68 (10.49%)
Associate degree: 12 (1.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (1.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 769 (100%)
Never married: 168 (21.85%)
Now married, except separated: 508 (66.06%)
Separated: 4 (0.52%)
Total Widowed: 43 (5.59%)
Widowed Female: 36 (4.68%)
Total Divorced: 46 (5.98%)
Divorced Female: 23 (2.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (72.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 730 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 90 (12.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 231 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (10.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 566 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (23.67%)
----Percent employed: 33.6%
--No disability: 432 (76.33%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 123 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (65.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 920 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 720 (78.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 198 (21.52%)
--Same county: 139 (15.11%)
--Different county: 59 (6.41%)
----Same state: 53 (5.76%)
----Different state: 6 (0.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 960 (100%)
Native: 956 (99.58%)
--Born in United States: 955 (100%)
----State of residence: 886 (92.29%)
----Different state: 69 (7.19%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 1 (25%)
Asia: 2 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 920 (100%)
English only: 848 (92.17%)
Language other than English: 72 (7.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (2.17%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (7.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 960 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 868% (90.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.21%)
Dutch: 5 (0.52%)
English: 27 (2.81%)
French (except Basque): 253 (26.35%)
French Canadian: 159 (16.56%)
German: 49 (5.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 39 (4.06%)
Italian: 103 (10.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 118 (12.29%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 111 (11.56%)

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