Old Jefferson, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2257705, place: Old Jefferson CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,734 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 166 (9.57%)
Kindergarten: 107 (6.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 734 (42.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 398 (22.95%)
College or graduate school: 329 (18.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,565 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (2.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 201 (5.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,044 (29.28%)
Some college, no degree: 1,056 (29.62%)
Associate degree: 180 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 790 (22.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 205 (5.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,252 (100%)
Never married: 929 (21.85%)
Now married, except separated: 2,588 (60.87%)
Separated: 50 (1.18%)
Total Widowed: 153 (3.6%)
Widowed Female: 126 (2.96%)
Total Divorced: 532 (12.51%)
Divorced Female: 377 (8.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (84.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,986 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 444 (11.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,450 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (9.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,527 (100%)
--With a disability: 574 (16.27%)
----Percent employed: 70.4%
--No disability: 2,953 (83.73%)
----Percent employed: 84.4%
Population 65 years and over: 232 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (50.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,209 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,104 (59.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,081 (39.95%)
--Same county: 1,537 (29.51%)
--Different county: 544 (10.44%)
----Same state: 362 (6.95%)
----Different state: 182 (3.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,645 (100%)
Native: 5,537 (98.09%)
--Born in United States: 5,492 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,281 (75.84%)
----Different state: 1,211 (21.45%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 108 (1.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 53 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 63 (1.12%)
--Not a citizen: 45 (0.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 108 (100%)
Europe: 22 (20.37%)
Asia: 86 (79.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,209 (100%)
English only: 4,929 (94.62%)
Language other than English: 280 (5.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 84 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 156 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,645 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,017% (106.59%)
Arab: 39 (0.69%)
Czech: 8 (0.14%)
Danish: 23 (0.41%)
Dutch: 28 (0.5%)
English: 498 (8.82%)
French (except Basque): 1,260 (22.32%)
French Canadian: 479 (8.49%)
German: 703 (12.45%)
Greek: 9 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 662 (11.73%)
Italian: 550 (9.74%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.16%)
Polish: 26 (0.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 181 (3.21%)
Scottish: 93 (1.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.48%)
Swedish: 18 (0.32%)
Swiss: 37 (0.66%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 352 (6.24%)
Welsh: 36 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 964 (17.08%)

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