Oberlin, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2257450, place: Oberlin town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 419 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (5.49%)
Kindergarten: 27 (6.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 241 (57.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 86 (20.53%)
College or graduate school: 42 (10.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,239 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 224 (18.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 200 (16.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 531 (42.86%)
Some college, no degree: 147 (11.86%)
Associate degree: 35 (2.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (4.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (3.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,456 (100%)
Never married: 300 (20.6%)
Now married, except separated: 825 (56.66%)
Separated: 47 (3.23%)
Total Widowed: 149 (10.23%)
Widowed Female: 118 (8.1%)
Total Divorced: 135 (9.27%)
Divorced Female: 81 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,398 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 146 (10.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (8.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 981 (100%)
--With a disability: 300 (30.58%)
----Percent employed: 47%
--No disability: 681 (69.42%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
Population 65 years and over: 206 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (49.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,742 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,144 (65.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 595 (34.16%)
--Same county: 371 (21.3%)
--Different county: 224 (12.86%)
----Same state: 146 (8.38%)
----Different state: 78 (4.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,858 (100%)
Native: 1,845 (99.3%)
--Born in United States: 1,842 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,635 (88%)
----Different state: 207 (11.14%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 4 (30.77%)
Asia: 7 (53.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (15.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,742 (100%)
English only: 1,433 (82.26%)
Language other than English: 309 (17.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (4.71%)
--Spanish: 16 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 280 (16.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (3.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,858 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,582% (85.15%)
Arab: 3 (0.16%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.22%)
English: 51 (2.74%)
French (except Basque): 290 (15.61%)
French Canadian: 174 (9.36%)
German: 61 (3.28%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 51 (2.74%)
Italian: 1 (0.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.48%)
Scottish: 4 (0.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.43%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 227 (12.22%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 698 (37.57%)

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