Golden Meadow, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2229640, place: Golden Meadow town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 513 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (5.46%)
Kindergarten: 24 (4.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 317 (61.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 115 (22.42%)
College or graduate school: 29 (5.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,364 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 368 (26.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 256 (18.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 446 (32.7%)
Some college, no degree: 148 (10.85%)
Associate degree: 36 (2.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 69 (5.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (3.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,656 (100%)
Never married: 339 (20.47%)
Now married, except separated: 972 (58.7%)
Separated: 30 (1.81%)
Total Widowed: 127 (7.67%)
Widowed Female: 98 (5.92%)
Total Divorced: 188 (11.35%)
Divorced Female: 100 (6.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (34.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,553 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 151 (9.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 518 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (9.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,160 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (29.4%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 819 (70.6%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
Population 65 years and over: 324 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (52.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,002 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,369 (68.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 619 (30.92%)
--Same county: 454 (22.68%)
--Different county: 165 (8.24%)
----Same state: 77 (3.85%)
----Different state: 88 (4.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,133 (100%)
Native: 2,100 (98.45%)
--Born in United States: 2,086 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,953 (91.56%)
----Different state: 133 (6.24%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 33 (1.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 22 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,002 (100%)
English only: 1,201 (59.99%)
Language other than English: 801 (40.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 207 (10.34%)
--Spanish: 36 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.95%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 752 (37.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 184 (9.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,133 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,900% (89.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 44 (2.06%)
French (except Basque): 640 (30%)
French Canadian: 493 (23.11%)
German: 70 (3.28%)
Greek: 2 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 32 (1.5%)
Italian: 120 (5.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 1 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.09%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 5 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.05%)
Swiss: 3 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.09%)
United States or American: 236 (11.06%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 243 (11.39%)

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