Mooringsport, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2251830, place: Mooringsport town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 221 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (9.05%)
Kindergarten: 8 (3.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 95 (42.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 60 (27.15%)
College or graduate school: 38 (17.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 507 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 48 (9.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 104 (20.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 182 (35.9%)
Some college, no degree: 107 (21.1%)
Associate degree: 23 (4.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (5.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (3.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 638 (100%)
Never married: 122 (19.12%)
Now married, except separated: 369 (57.84%)
Separated: 8 (1.25%)
Total Widowed: 66 (10.34%)
Widowed Female: 56 (8.78%)
Total Divorced: 73 (11.44%)
Divorced Female: 48 (7.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (31.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 591 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 101 (17.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (12.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 440 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (17.27%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 364 (82.73%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
Population 65 years and over: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (42.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 753 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 419 (55.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 334 (44.36%)
--Same county: 224 (29.75%)
--Different county: 110 (14.61%)
----Same state: 37 (4.91%)
----Different state: 73 (9.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 834 (100%)
Native: 832 (99.76%)
--Born in United States: 826 (100%)
----State of residence: 540 (64.75%)
----Different state: 286 (34.29%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.24%)

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: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (100%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 753 (100%)
English only: 729 (96.81%)
Language other than English: 24 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.8%)
--Spanish: 14 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 834 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 738% (88.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 38 (4.56%)
English: 69 (8.27%)
French (except Basque): 62 (7.43%)
French Canadian: 9 (1.08%)
German: 62 (7.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 101 (12.11%)
Italian: 11 (1.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (2.88%)
Scottish: 40 (4.8%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.24%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 99 (11.87%)
Welsh: 3 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 212 (25.42%)

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