Marksville, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2248750, place: Marksville city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,426 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (7.43%)
Kindergarten: 112 (7.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 697 (48.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 343 (24.05%)
College or graduate school: 168 (11.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,438 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 641 (18.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 858 (24.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,045 (30.4%)
Some college, no degree: 394 (11.46%)
Associate degree: 54 (1.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 319 (9.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 127 (3.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,201 (100%)
Never married: 1,277 (30.4%)
Now married, except separated: 1,925 (45.82%)
Separated: 115 (2.74%)
Total Widowed: 507 (12.07%)
Widowed Female: 447 (10.64%)
Total Divorced: 377 (8.97%)
Divorced Female: 263 (6.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 141 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 74 (52.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,931 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 346 (8.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,411 (100%)
--With a disability: 207 (14.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,686 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,003 (37.34%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 1,683 (62.66%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
Population 65 years and over: 708 (100%)
--With a disability: 424 (59.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,080 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,105 (61.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,961 (38.6%)
--Same county: 1,423 (28.01%)
--Different county: 538 (10.59%)
----Same state: 424 (8.35%)
----Different state: 114 (2.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,514 (100%)
Native: 5,454 (98.91%)
--Born in United States: 5,438 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,008 (90.82%)
----Different state: 430 (7.8%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 60 (1.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 60 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60 (100%)
Europe: 28 (46.67%)
Asia: 32 (53.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,080 (100%)
English only: 3,838 (75.55%)
Language other than English: 1,242 (24.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 368 (7.24%)
--Spanish: 104 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,082 (21.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 309 (6.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 40 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,514 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,762% (86.36%)
Arab: 14 (0.25%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.15%)
English: 174 (3.16%)
French (except Basque): 1,005 (18.23%)
French Canadian: 358 (6.49%)
German: 63 (1.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 169 (3.06%)
Italian: 24 (0.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.18%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.15%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 71 (1.29%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 799 (14.49%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,051 (37.2%)

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