Gibsland, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2228835, place: Gibsland town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 356 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (5.34%)
Kindergarten: 24 (6.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 174 (48.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 88 (24.72%)
College or graduate school: 51 (14.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 681 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (13.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 116 (17.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 268 (39.35%)
Some college, no degree: 112 (16.45%)
Associate degree: 4 (0.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 56 (8.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (5.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 852 (100%)
Never married: 310 (36.38%)
Now married, except separated: 319 (37.44%)
Separated: 43 (5.05%)
Total Widowed: 94 (11.03%)
Widowed Female: 80 (9.39%)
Total Divorced: 86 (10.09%)
Divorced Female: 45 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 785 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 99 (12.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 311 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (6.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 561 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (21.75%)
----Percent employed: 40.2%
--No disability: 439 (78.25%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 176 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (43.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,051 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 720 (68.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 327 (31.11%)
--Same county: 265 (25.21%)
--Different county: 62 (5.9%)
----Same state: 44 (4.19%)
----Different state: 18 (1.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,120 (100%)
Native: 1,118 (99.82%)
--Born in United States: 1,116 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,032 (92.14%)
----Different state: 84 (7.5%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.18%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,051 (100%)
English only: 1,034 (98.38%)
Language other than English: 17 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.67%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.76%)
----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: 1,120 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 954% (85.18%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.18%)
English: 12 (1.07%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.36%)
German: 12 (1.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 23 (2.05%)
Italian: 3 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.63%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (1.07%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 33 (2.95%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 839 (74.91%)

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