Port Allen, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2261790, place: Port Allen city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,310 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 57 (4.35%)
Kindergarten: 73 (5.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 631 (48.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 320 (24.43%)
College or graduate school: 229 (17.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,393 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 459 (13.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 716 (21.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,113 (32.8%)
Some college, no degree: 596 (17.57%)
Associate degree: 83 (2.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 299 (8.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 127 (3.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,194 (100%)
Never married: 1,345 (32.07%)
Now married, except separated: 1,771 (42.23%)
Separated: 155 (3.7%)
Total Widowed: 468 (11.16%)
Widowed Female: 382 (9.11%)
Total Divorced: 455 (10.85%)
Divorced Female: 250 (5.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 217 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 120 (55.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,934 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 462 (11.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,268 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (9.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,776 (100%)
--With a disability: 685 (24.68%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 2,091 (75.32%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
Population 65 years and over: 764 (100%)
--With a disability: 392 (51.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,937 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,382 (68.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,555 (31.5%)
--Same county: 781 (15.82%)
--Different county: 774 (15.68%)
----Same state: 722 (14.62%)
----Different state: 52 (1.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,259 (100%)
Native: 5,241 (99.66%)
--Born in United States: 5,234 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,788 (91.04%)
----Different state: 446 (8.48%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 18 (0.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.34%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,937 (100%)
English only: 4,773 (96.68%)
Language other than English: 164 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (1.03%)
--Spanish: 30 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 134 (2.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,259 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,616% (87.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 45 (0.86%)
English: 53 (1.01%)
French (except Basque): 649 (12.34%)
French Canadian: 141 (2.68%)
German: 256 (4.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 286 (5.44%)
Italian: 185 (3.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.34%)
Scottish: 24 (0.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 75 (1.43%)
Swedish: 8 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.11%)
United States or American: 245 (4.66%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 2,614 (49.71%)

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