Mermentau, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2249870, place: Mermentau village, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 173 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (10.98%)
Kindergarten: 19 (10.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 90 (52.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 40 (23.12%)
College or graduate school: 5 (2.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 447 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 84 (18.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (18.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 208 (46.53%)
Some college, no degree: 48 (10.74%)
Associate degree: 9 (2.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 13 (2.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 534 (100%)
Never married: 123 (23.03%)
Now married, except separated: 281 (52.62%)
Separated: 16 (3%)
Total Widowed: 66 (12.36%)
Widowed Female: 51 (9.55%)
Total Divorced: 48 (8.99%)
Divorced Female: 26 (4.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 494 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 63 (12.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (9.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 391 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (24.55%)
----Percent employed: 40.6%
--No disability: 295 (75.45%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 89 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (65.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 650 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 465 (71.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 185 (28.46%)
--Same county: 113 (17.38%)
--Different county: 72 (11.08%)
----Same state: 56 (8.62%)
----Different state: 16 (2.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 709 (100%)
Native: 709 (100%)
--Born in United States: 709 (100%)
----State of residence: 664 (93.65%)
----Different state: 45 (6.35%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 650 (100%)
English only: 490 (75.38%)
Language other than English: 160 (24.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (3.69%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 158 (24.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (3.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 709 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 660% (93.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 4 (0.56%)
French (except Basque): 106 (14.95%)
French Canadian: 175 (24.68%)
German: 36 (5.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 4 (0.56%)
Italian: 4 (0.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 5 (0.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 117 (16.5%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 203 (28.63%)

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