New Sarpy, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2255140, place: New Sarpy CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 568 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (5.11%)
Kindergarten: 34 (5.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 284 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 167 (29.4%)
College or graduate school: 54 (9.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 870 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 122 (14.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 240 (27.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 256 (29.43%)
Some college, no degree: 172 (19.77%)
Associate degree: 31 (3.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (5.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (0.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,120 (100%)
Never married: 352 (31.43%)
Now married, except separated: 500 (44.64%)
Separated: 24 (2.14%)
Total Widowed: 122 (10.89%)
Widowed Female: 71 (6.34%)
Total Divorced: 122 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 55 (4.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 122 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 63 (51.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,039 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 162 (15.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 518 (100%)
--With a disability: 67 (12.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 822 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (22.75%)
----Percent employed: 38%
--No disability: 635 (77.25%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
Population 65 years and over: 144 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (65.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,484 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,093 (73.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 391 (26.35%)
--Same county: 211 (14.22%)
--Different county: 180 (12.13%)
----Same state: 152 (10.24%)
----Different state: 28 (1.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,649 (100%)
Native: 1,649 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,649 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,438 (87.2%)
----Different state: 211 (12.8%)
--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: 1,484 (100%)
English only: 1,448 (97.57%)
Language other than English: 36 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (2.16%)
----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: 1,649 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,579% (95.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.3%)
English: 67 (4.06%)
French (except Basque): 339 (20.56%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.97%)
German: 145 (8.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 39 (2.37%)
Italian: 113 (6.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 21 (1.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.18%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (1.27%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 25 (1.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 785 (47.6%)

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