Port Barre, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2261825, place: Port Barre town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 611 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 50 (8.18%)
Kindergarten: 13 (2.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 376 (61.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 104 (17.02%)
College or graduate school: 68 (11.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,397 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 353 (25.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 301 (21.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 482 (34.5%)
Some college, no degree: 144 (10.31%)
Associate degree: 22 (1.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (4.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 38 (2.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 53.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,748 (100%)
Never married: 448 (25.63%)
Now married, except separated: 911 (52.12%)
Separated: 44 (2.52%)
Total Widowed: 148 (8.47%)
Widowed Female: 127 (7.27%)
Total Divorced: 197 (11.27%)
Divorced Female: 109 (6.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (56.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,636 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 194 (11.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 598 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (7.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,200 (100%)
--With a disability: 467 (38.92%)
----Percent employed: 35.3%
--No disability: 733 (61.08%)
----Percent employed: 64.4%
Population 65 years and over: 312 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (64.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,119 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,356 (63.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 743 (35.06%)
--Same county: 618 (29.16%)
--Different county: 125 (5.9%)
----Same state: 83 (3.92%)
----Different state: 42 (1.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,308 (100%)
Native: 2,296 (99.48%)
--Born in United States: 2,293 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,210 (95.75%)
----Different state: 83 (3.6%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.17%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 8 (66.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (33.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,119 (100%)
English only: 1,710 (80.7%)
Language other than English: 409 (19.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (5.29%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 404 (19.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (5.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,308 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,983% (85.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 28 (1.21%)
French (except Basque): 690 (29.9%)
French Canadian: 216 (9.36%)
German: 97 (4.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 107 (4.64%)
Italian: 17 (0.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.74%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 311 (13.47%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 500 (21.66%)

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