Port Sulphur, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2262070, place: Port Sulphur CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 978 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (4.81%)
Kindergarten: 26 (2.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 487 (49.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 288 (29.45%)
College or graduate school: 130 (13.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,903 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 332 (17.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 406 (21.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 636 (33.42%)
Some college, no degree: 349 (18.34%)
Associate degree: 79 (4.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 77 (4.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (1.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,484 (100%)
Never married: 778 (31.32%)
Now married, except separated: 1,314 (52.9%)
Separated: 52 (2.09%)
Total Widowed: 155 (6.24%)
Widowed Female: 110 (4.43%)
Total Divorced: 185 (7.45%)
Divorced Female: 91 (3.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 144 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 87 (60.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,217 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 155 (6.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 924 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (7.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,742 (100%)
--With a disability: 385 (22.1%)
----Percent employed: 35.8%
--No disability: 1,357 (77.9%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
Population 65 years and over: 303 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (46.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,985 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,446 (81.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 524 (17.55%)
--Same county: 332 (11.12%)
--Different county: 192 (6.43%)
----Same state: 143 (4.79%)
----Different state: 49 (1.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,264 (100%)
Native: 3,259 (99.85%)
--Born in United States: 3,259 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,924 (89.58%)
----Different state: 335 (10.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,985 (100%)
English only: 2,763 (92.56%)
Language other than English: 222 (7.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (1.17%)
--Spanish: 23 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 196 (6.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,264 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,206% (98.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (0.61%)
English: 47 (1.44%)
French (except Basque): 545 (16.7%)
French Canadian: 127 (3.89%)
German: 90 (2.76%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 89 (2.73%)
Italian: 121 (3.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.52%)
Polish: 10 (0.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (1.32%)
Scottish: 7 (0.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.21%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 441 (13.51%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 1,636 (50.12%)

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