New Iberia, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2254035, place: New Iberia city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,893 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 627 (7.05%)
Kindergarten: 603 (6.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,599 (51.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,160 (24.29%)
College or graduate school: 904 (10.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,759 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,166 (16.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,760 (19.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,024 (35.55%)
Some college, no degree: 2,860 (14.47%)
Associate degree: 516 (2.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,761 (8.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 672 (3.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,479 (100%)
Never married: 7,238 (29.57%)
Now married, except separated: 11,538 (47.13%)
Separated: 753 (3.08%)
Total Widowed: 2,177 (8.89%)
Widowed Female: 1,812 (7.4%)
Total Divorced: 2,773 (11.33%)
Divorced Female: 1,661 (6.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 643 (54.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,901 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,546 (11.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,438 (100%)
--With a disability: 942 (11.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,981 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,045 (23.82%)
----Percent employed: 40%
--No disability: 12,936 (76.18%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
Population 65 years and over: 4,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,067 (50.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 29,956 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,434 (58.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,182 (40.67%)
--Same county: 9,006 (30.06%)
--Different county: 3,176 (10.6%)
----Same state: 2,218 (7.4%)
----Different state: 958 (3.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 340 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 32,606 (100%)
Native: 31,849 (97.68%)
--Born in United States: 31,780 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,872 (88.55%)
----Different state: 2,908 (8.92%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 757 (2.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 407 (1.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 277 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 480 (1.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 757 (100%)
Europe: 37 (4.89%)
Asia: 528 (69.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 192 (25.36%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 29,956 (100%)
English only: 25,411 (84.83%)
Language other than English: 4,545 (15.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,459 (4.87%)
--Spanish: 412 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (0.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,474 (11.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 891 (2.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 659 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 417 (1.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 32,606 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,930% (91.79%)
Arab: 72 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (0.05%)
Dutch: 53 (0.16%)
English: 921 (2.82%)
French (except Basque): 5,354 (16.42%)
French Canadian: 2,475 (7.59%)
German: 1,225 (3.76%)
Greek: 18 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 905 (2.78%)
Italian: 783 (2.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.1%)
Polish: 120 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.08%)
Russian: 19 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 180 (0.55%)
Scottish: 136 (0.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 120 (0.37%)
Swedish: 74 (0.23%)
Swiss: 13 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.02%)
United States or American: 4,060 (12.45%)
Welsh: 22 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 13,275 (40.71%)

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