Lecompte, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2242800, place: Lecompte town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 369 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (8.67%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 188 (50.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 105 (28.46%)
College or graduate school: 25 (6.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 819 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 121 (14.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 187 (22.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 248 (30.28%)
Some college, no degree: 162 (19.78%)
Associate degree: 14 (1.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (7.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (3.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,049 (100%)
Never married: 376 (35.84%)
Now married, except separated: 351 (33.46%)
Separated: 50 (4.77%)
Total Widowed: 149 (14.2%)
Widowed Female: 114 (10.87%)
Total Divorced: 123 (11.73%)
Divorced Female: 85 (8.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 68 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (36.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 974 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 109 (11.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 363 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (15.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 678 (100%)
--With a disability: 228 (33.63%)
----Percent employed: 60.5%
--No disability: 450 (66.37%)
----Percent employed: 55.3%
Population 65 years and over: 221 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (55.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,264 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 873 (69.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 373 (29.51%)
--Same county: 291 (23.02%)
--Different county: 82 (6.49%)
----Same state: 37 (2.93%)
----Different state: 45 (3.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (1.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,371 (100%)
Native: 1,361 (99.27%)
--Born in United States: 1,348 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,230 (89.72%)
----Different state: 118 (8.61%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 10 (0.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 2 (20%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (80%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,264 (100%)
English only: 1,239 (98.02%)
Language other than English: 25 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,371 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,229% (89.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.73%)
English: 32 (2.33%)
French (except Basque): 60 (4.38%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.44%)
German: 35 (2.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 28 (2.04%)
Italian: 8 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.02%)
Scottish: 3 (0.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.36%)
Swedish: 3 (0.22%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 54 (3.94%)
Welsh: 6 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.36%)
Other ancestries: 960 (70.02%)

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