Homer, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2235870, place: Homer town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,114 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 107 (9.61%)
Kindergarten: 79 (7.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 603 (54.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 235 (21.1%)
College or graduate school: 90 (8.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,331 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 308 (13.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 475 (20.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 767 (32.9%)
Some college, no degree: 333 (14.29%)
Associate degree: 62 (2.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 253 (10.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 133 (5.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,850 (100%)
Never married: 824 (28.91%)
Now married, except separated: 1,303 (45.72%)
Separated: 123 (4.32%)
Total Widowed: 320 (11.23%)
Widowed Female: 254 (8.91%)
Total Divorced: 280 (9.82%)
Divorced Female: 165 (5.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 149 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 111 (74.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,654 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 298 (11.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,002 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (8.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,847 (100%)
--With a disability: 557 (30.16%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
--No disability: 1,290 (69.84%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
Population 65 years and over: 619 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (54.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,529 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,001 (56.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,528 (43.3%)
--Same county: 1,167 (33.07%)
--Different county: 361 (10.23%)
----Same state: 138 (3.91%)
----Different state: 223 (6.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,811 (100%)
Native: 3,811 (100%)
--Born in United States: 3,805 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,280 (86.07%)
----Different state: 525 (13.78%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,529 (100%)
English only: 3,476 (98.5%)
Language other than English: 53 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.34%)
--Spanish: 28 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,811 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,168% (83.13%)
Arab: 6 (0.16%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (0.63%)
English: 246 (6.45%)
French (except Basque): 56 (1.47%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.42%)
German: 92 (2.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 137 (3.59%)
Italian: 43 (1.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 10 (0.26%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (2.36%)
Scottish: 20 (0.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.52%)
Swedish: 10 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 305 (8%)
Welsh: 8 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,085 (54.71%)

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