Larose, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2242135, place: Larose CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,782 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 138 (7.74%)
Kindergarten: 54 (3.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 795 (44.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 527 (29.57%)
College or graduate school: 268 (15.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,649 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,067 (22.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 761 (16.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,790 (38.5%)
Some college, no degree: 562 (12.09%)
Associate degree: 70 (1.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 279 (6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 120 (2.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,771 (100%)
Never married: 1,265 (21.92%)
Now married, except separated: 3,473 (60.18%)
Separated: 61 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 514 (8.91%)
Widowed Female: 408 (7.07%)
Total Divorced: 458 (7.94%)
Divorced Female: 250 (4.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 273 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (23.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,328 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 447 (8.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,744 (100%)
--With a disability: 184 (10.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,023 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,051 (26.12%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 2,972 (73.88%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
Population 65 years and over: 817 (100%)
--With a disability: 385 (47.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,697 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,513 (67.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,139 (31.94%)
--Same county: 1,485 (22.17%)
--Different county: 654 (9.77%)
----Same state: 358 (5.35%)
----Different state: 296 (4.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 45 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,233 (100%)
Native: 7,100 (98.16%)
--Born in United States: 7,055 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,649 (91.93%)
----Different state: 406 (5.61%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 133 (1.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 78 (1.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 57 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 76 (1.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 133 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 20 (15.04%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 113 (84.96%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,697 (100%)
English only: 4,295 (64.13%)
Language other than English: 2,402 (35.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 651 (9.72%)
--Spanish: 209 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (1.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,160 (32.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 516 (7.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,233 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,061% (83.8%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.07%)
Danish: 5 (0.07%)
Dutch: 4 (0.06%)
English: 72 (1%)
French (except Basque): 1,351 (18.68%)
French Canadian: 1,626 (22.48%)
German: 288 (3.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 77 (1.06%)
Italian: 339 (4.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.14%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,040 (14.38%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,244 (17.2%)

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