Harvey, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2233245, place: Harvey CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,353 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 577 (9.08%)
Kindergarten: 496 (7.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,970 (46.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,358 (21.38%)
College or graduate school: 952 (14.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,359 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,346 (10.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,497 (18.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,486 (33.58%)
Some college, no degree: 2,722 (20.38%)
Associate degree: 432 (3.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,391 (10.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 485 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,653 (100%)
Never married: 5,281 (31.71%)
Now married, except separated: 7,990 (47.98%)
Separated: 488 (2.93%)
Total Widowed: 1,007 (6.05%)
Widowed Female: 855 (5.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,887 (11.33%)
Divorced Female: 1,013 (6.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 791 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 395 (49.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,593 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,583 (10.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,646 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (6.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,657 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,006 (23.75%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 9,651 (76.25%)
----Percent employed: 71.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,771 (100%)
--With a disability: 817 (46.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,319 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,172 (54.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,744 (43.03%)
--Same county: 6,214 (30.58%)
--Different county: 2,530 (12.45%)
----Same state: 1,839 (9.05%)
----Different state: 691 (3.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 403 (1.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,259 (100%)
Native: 20,483 (92.02%)
--Born in United States: 20,359 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,243 (77.47%)
----Different state: 3,116 (14%)
--Born outside United States: 124 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 1,776 (7.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 561 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,048 (4.71%)
--Not a citizen: 728 (3.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,776 (100%)
Europe: 72 (4.05%)
Asia: 823 (46.34%)
Africa: 21 (1.18%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 841 (47.35%)
Northern America: 19 (1.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,319 (100%)
English only: 17,634 (86.79%)
Language other than English: 2,685 (13.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,055 (5.19%)
--Spanish: 985 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 446 (2.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 595 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,001 (4.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 443 (2.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,259 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,054% (99.08%)
Arab: 105 (0.47%)
Czech: 12 (0.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (0.13%)
English: 798 (3.59%)
French (except Basque): 3,439 (15.45%)
French Canadian: 640 (2.88%)
German: 1,428 (6.42%)
Greek: 19 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.08%)
Irish: 1,025 (4.6%)
Italian: 1,577 (7.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.04%)
Polish: 81 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 129 (0.58%)
Scottish: 68 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 358 (1.61%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,336 (6%)
Welsh: 11 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 212 (0.95%)
Other ancestries: 10,743 (48.26%)

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