Jeanerette, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2238075, place: Jeanerette city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,835 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 178 (9.7%)
Kindergarten: 90 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 907 (49.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 490 (26.7%)
College or graduate school: 170 (9.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,502 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 591 (16.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 628 (17.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,403 (40.06%)
Some college, no degree: 519 (14.82%)
Associate degree: 87 (2.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 152 (4.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 122 (3.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,472 (100%)
Never married: 1,556 (34.79%)
Now married, except separated: 1,949 (43.58%)
Separated: 76 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 397 (8.88%)
Widowed Female: 348 (7.78%)
Total Divorced: 494 (11.05%)
Divorced Female: 272 (6.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 385 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 199 (51.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,134 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 492 (11.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,784 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (10.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,987 (100%)
--With a disability: 796 (26.65%)
----Percent employed: 35.6%
--No disability: 2,191 (73.35%)
----Percent employed: 55.1%
Population 65 years and over: 811 (100%)
--With a disability: 480 (59.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,591 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,266 (76.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,300 (23.25%)
--Same county: 1,014 (18.14%)
--Different county: 286 (5.12%)
----Same state: 234 (4.19%)
----Different state: 52 (0.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,081 (100%)
Native: 6,041 (99.34%)
--Born in United States: 6,026 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,748 (94.52%)
----Different state: 278 (4.57%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 40 (0.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (0.49%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 40 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 11 (27.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (72.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,591 (100%)
English only: 5,199 (92.99%)
Language other than English: 392 (7.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (2.41%)
--Spanish: 80 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 312 (5.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (1.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,081 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,638% (92.72%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (0.33%)
English: 134 (2.2%)
French (except Basque): 910 (14.96%)
French Canadian: 411 (6.76%)
German: 220 (3.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 138 (2.27%)
Italian: 140 (2.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.08%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.18%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 505 (8.3%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,144 (51.7%)

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