General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2262280, place: Poydras CDP, Louisiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 959 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 105 (10.95%)
Kindergarten: 58 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 522 (54.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 213 (22.21%)
College or graduate school: 61 (6.36%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,309 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 277 (12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 580 (25.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,065 (46.12%)
Some college, no degree: 274 (11.87%)
Associate degree: 28 (1.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (1.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (1.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,805 (100%)
Never married: 743 (26.49%)
Now married, except separated: 1,429 (50.94%)
Separated: 42 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 227 (8.09%)
Widowed Female: 181 (6.45%)
Total Divorced: 364 (12.98%)
Divorced Female: 228 (8.13%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 177 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 137 (77.4%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,612 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 271 (10.38%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 919 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (5.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,143 (100%)
--With a disability: 490 (22.87%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 1,653 (77.13%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
Population 65 years and over: 319 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (47.02%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,400 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,292 (67.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,108 (32.59%)
--Same county: 886 (26.06%)
--Different county: 222 (6.53%)
----Same state: 180 (5.29%)
----Different state: 42 (1.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 3,672 (100%)
Native: 3,616 (98.47%)
--Born in United States: 3,610 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,306 (90.03%)
----Different state: 304 (8.28%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 56 (1.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (1.14%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.38%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 56 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 34 (60.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 22 (39.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,400 (100%)
English only: 3,174 (93.35%)
Language other than English: 226 (6.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 99 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (2.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 46 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.41%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 3,672 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,478% (94.72%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.22%)
English: 161 (4.38%)
French (except Basque): 833 (22.69%)
French Canadian: 59 (1.61%)
German: 513 (13.97%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 231 (6.29%)
Italian: 509 (13.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 28 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.16%)
Scottish: 26 (0.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 124 (3.38%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 117 (3.19%)
Welsh: 17 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 846 (23.04%)
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