Minden, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2250885, place: Minden city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,615 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 370 (10.24%)
Kindergarten: 178 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,791 (49.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 807 (22.32%)
College or graduate school: 469 (12.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,491 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 860 (10.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,642 (19.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,652 (31.23%)
Some college, no degree: 1,593 (18.76%)
Associate degree: 342 (4.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 885 (10.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 517 (6.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,022 (100%)
Never married: 2,555 (25.49%)
Now married, except separated: 4,738 (47.28%)
Separated: 329 (3.28%)
Total Widowed: 1,182 (11.79%)
Widowed Female: 1,015 (10.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,218 (12.15%)
Divorced Female: 721 (7.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 386 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 251 (65.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,180 (12.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,051 (100%)
--With a disability: 250 (8.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,528 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,252 (19.18%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 5,276 (80.82%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,107 (100%)
--With a disability: 921 (43.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,099 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,436 (61.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,605 (38.06%)
--Same county: 3,343 (27.63%)
--Different county: 1,262 (10.43%)
----Same state: 694 (5.74%)
----Different state: 568 (4.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (0.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,989 (100%)
Native: 12,891 (99.25%)
--Born in United States: 12,790 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,736 (82.65%)
----Different state: 2,054 (15.81%)
--Born outside United States: 101 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 98 (0.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 98 (100%)
Europe: 32 (32.65%)
Asia: 21 (21.43%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 45 (45.92%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,099 (100%)
English only: 11,843 (97.88%)
Language other than English: 256 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.31%)
--Spanish: 96 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 130 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 30 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,989 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,998% (84.67%)
Arab: 44 (0.34%)
Czech: 4 (0.03%)
Danish: 16 (0.12%)
Dutch: 106 (0.82%)
English: 645 (4.97%)
French (except Basque): 302 (2.33%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.19%)
German: 571 (4.4%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 722 (5.56%)
Italian: 53 (0.41%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.05%)
Polish: 25 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 194 (1.49%)
Scottish: 172 (1.32%)
Slovak: 18 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 107 (0.82%)
Swedish: 12 (0.09%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,468 (11.3%)
Welsh: 26 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 52 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 6,420 (49.43%)

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