U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Grand Isle, LA

Jefferson County, Louisiana

Latitude: 29.227769     Longitude: -90.012115
Population 1,594 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2230830, place: Grand Isle town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 331 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (4.83%)
Kindergarten: 22 (6.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 189 (57.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 67 (20.24%)
College or graduate school: 37 (11.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,049 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 178 (16.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (14.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 400 (38.13%)
Some college, no degree: 154 (14.68%)
Associate degree: 23 (2.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 96 (9.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (4.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,240 (100%)
Never married: 248 (20%)
Now married, except separated: 734 (59.19%)
Separated: 17 (1.37%)
Total Widowed: 69 (5.56%)
Widowed Female: 51 (4.11%)
Total Divorced: 172 (13.87%)
Divorced Female: 79 (6.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,153 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 169 (14.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 334 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (9.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 904 (100%)
--With a disability: 225 (24.89%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 679 (75.11%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
Population 65 years and over: 201 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (47.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,458 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,001 (68.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 454 (31.14%)
--Same county: 237 (16.26%)
--Different county: 217 (14.88%)
----Same state: 108 (7.41%)
----Different state: 109 (7.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,541 (100%)
Native: 1,526 (99.03%)
--Born in United States: 1,521 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,263 (81.96%)
----Different state: 258 (16.74%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 15 (0.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.84%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (73.33%)
Northern America: 4 (26.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,458 (100%)
English only: 1,190 (81.62%)
Language other than English: 268 (18.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (3.22%)
--Spanish: 25 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 243 (16.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (2.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,541 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,314% (85.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.32%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.19%)
English: 49 (3.18%)
French (except Basque): 378 (24.53%)
French Canadian: 141 (9.15%)
German: 127 (8.24%)
Greek: 3 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.45%)
Irish: 86 (5.58%)
Italian: 117 (7.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.58%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.45%)
Scottish: 19 (1.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 5 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 164 (10.64%)
Welsh: 10 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 174 (11.29%)

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