Merryville, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2250010, place: Merryville town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 266 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (10.53%)
Kindergarten: 14 (5.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 135 (50.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (26.69%)
College or graduate school: 18 (6.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 695 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 86 (12.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 147 (21.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 281 (40.43%)
Some college, no degree: 105 (15.11%)
Associate degree: 25 (3.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 41 (5.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 861 (100%)
Never married: 200 (23.23%)
Now married, except separated: 469 (54.47%)
Separated: 33 (3.83%)
Total Widowed: 74 (8.59%)
Widowed Female: 71 (8.25%)
Total Divorced: 85 (9.87%)
Divorced Female: 54 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 51 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (54.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 794 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 96 (12.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 289 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (6.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 529 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (29.49%)
----Percent employed: 51.3%
--No disability: 373 (70.51%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
Population 65 years and over: 145 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (54.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,024 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 577 (56.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 447 (43.65%)
--Same county: 269 (26.27%)
--Different county: 178 (17.38%)
----Same state: 91 (8.89%)
----Different state: 87 (8.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,128 (100%)
Native: 1,126 (99.82%)
--Born in United States: 1,115 (100%)
----State of residence: 722 (64.01%)
----Different state: 393 (34.84%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,024 (100%)
English only: 1,010 (98.63%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,128 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 808% (71.63%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.35%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 16 (1.42%)
English: 51 (4.52%)
French (except Basque): 47 (4.17%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.98%)
German: 66 (5.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 107 (9.49%)
Italian: 14 (1.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (2.57%)
Scottish: 13 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 164 (14.54%)
Welsh: 2 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 284 (25.18%)

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