Plaquemine, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2260880, place: Plaquemine city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,921 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 154 (8.02%)
Kindergarten: 53 (2.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 783 (40.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 584 (30.4%)
College or graduate school: 347 (18.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,561 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 611 (13.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 943 (20.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,697 (37.21%)
Some college, no degree: 777 (17.04%)
Associate degree: 59 (1.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 373 (8.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 101 (2.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,571 (100%)
Never married: 1,765 (31.68%)
Now married, except separated: 2,427 (43.56%)
Separated: 142 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 572 (10.27%)
Widowed Female: 488 (8.76%)
Total Divorced: 665 (11.94%)
Divorced Female: 394 (7.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 223 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 133 (59.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,211 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 552 (10.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,704 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (14.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,582 (100%)
--With a disability: 962 (26.86%)
----Percent employed: 41.6%
--No disability: 2,620 (73.14%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,038 (100%)
--With a disability: 559 (53.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,538 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,541 (69.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,973 (30.18%)
--Same county: 1,399 (21.4%)
--Different county: 574 (8.78%)
----Same state: 459 (7.02%)
----Different state: 115 (1.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,005 (100%)
Native: 6,942 (99.1%)
--Born in United States: 6,917 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,481 (92.52%)
----Different state: 436 (6.22%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 63 (0.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 43 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (0.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 63 (100%)
Europe: 17 (26.98%)
Asia: 7 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (61.9%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,538 (100%)
English only: 6,259 (95.73%)
Language other than English: 279 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 75 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 99 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 172 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,005 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,768% (96.62%)
Arab: 8 (0.11%)
Czech: 20 (0.29%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 214 (3.05%)
French (except Basque): 1,422 (20.3%)
French Canadian: 205 (2.93%)
German: 338 (4.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.09%)
Irish: 316 (4.51%)
Italian: 418 (5.97%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.11%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 50 (0.71%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 37 (0.53%)
Swedish: 7 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 394 (5.62%)
Welsh: 25 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,292 (47%)

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