Marrero, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2248785, place: Marrero CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,057 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 694 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 698 (6.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,783 (47.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,457 (24.43%)
College or graduate school: 1,425 (14.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,264 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,669 (11.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,796 (21.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,875 (35.37%)
Some college, no degree: 4,475 (20.1%)
Associate degree: 738 (3.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,259 (5.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 452 (2.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,631 (100%)
Never married: 7,898 (28.58%)
Now married, except separated: 13,222 (47.85%)
Separated: 893 (3.23%)
Total Widowed: 2,342 (8.48%)
Widowed Female: 1,911 (6.92%)
Total Divorced: 3,276 (11.86%)
Divorced Female: 1,854 (6.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,491 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 673 (45.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,723 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,026 (11.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,096 (100%)
--With a disability: 964 (10.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,996 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,282 (26.42%)
----Percent employed: 48.9%
--No disability: 14,714 (73.58%)
----Percent employed: 69.3%
Population 65 years and over: 4,075 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,256 (55.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 33,408 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,448 (70.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,853 (29.49%)
--Same county: 7,565 (22.64%)
--Different county: 2,288 (6.85%)
----Same state: 1,345 (4.03%)
----Different state: 943 (2.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 107 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,073 (100%)
Native: 34,739 (96.3%)
--Born in United States: 34,596 (100%)
----State of residence: 30,491 (84.53%)
----Different state: 4,105 (11.38%)
--Born outside United States: 143 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 1,334 (3.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 242 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 741 (2.05%)
--Not a citizen: 593 (1.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,334 (100%)
Europe: 69 (5.17%)
Asia: 684 (51.27%)
Africa: 17 (1.27%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 534 (40.03%)
Northern America: 30 (2.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 33,408 (100%)
English only: 30,294 (90.68%)
Language other than English: 3,114 (9.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,296 (3.88%)
--Spanish: 1,137 (3.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 475 (1.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,078 (3.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 309 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 838 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 497 (1.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,073 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,988% (91.45%)
Arab: 4 (0.01%)
Czech: 19 (0.05%)
Danish: 31 (0.09%)
Dutch: 108 (0.3%)
English: 511 (1.42%)
French (except Basque): 5,658 (15.68%)
French Canadian: 1,110 (3.08%)
German: 1,724 (4.78%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.09%)
Irish: 1,383 (3.83%)
Italian: 2,437 (6.76%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 92 (0.26%)
Polish: 75 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 44 (0.12%)
Russian: 6 (0.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 108 (0.3%)
Scottish: 146 (0.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 204 (0.57%)
Swedish: 9 (0.02%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.03%)
United States or American: 1,483 (4.11%)
Welsh: 31 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 73 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 17,679 (49.01%)

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