Rayville, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2263680, place: Rayville town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,211 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 64 (5.28%)
Kindergarten: 79 (6.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 692 (57.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 290 (23.95%)
College or graduate school: 86 (7.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,531 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 503 (19.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 754 (29.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 638 (25.21%)
Some college, no degree: 335 (13.24%)
Associate degree: 32 (1.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 161 (6.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 108 (4.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 50.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,156 (100%)
Never married: 1,237 (39.2%)
Now married, except separated: 1,049 (33.24%)
Separated: 92 (2.92%)
Total Widowed: 504 (15.97%)
Widowed Female: 433 (13.72%)
Total Divorced: 274 (8.68%)
Divorced Female: 155 (4.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 149 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (51.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,937 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 241 (8.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,209 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (10.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,909 (100%)
--With a disability: 580 (30.38%)
----Percent employed: 42.8%
--No disability: 1,329 (69.62%)
----Percent employed: 61.4%
Population 65 years and over: 570 (100%)
--With a disability: 317 (55.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,940 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,435 (61.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,505 (38.2%)
--Same county: 1,076 (27.31%)
--Different county: 429 (10.89%)
----Same state: 249 (6.32%)
----Different state: 180 (4.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,350 (100%)
Native: 4,338 (99.72%)
--Born in United States: 4,335 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,827 (87.98%)
----Different state: 508 (11.68%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.07%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,940 (100%)
English only: 3,878 (98.43%)
Language other than English: 62 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 36 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,350 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,454% (79.4%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 12 (0.28%)
English: 89 (2.05%)
French (except Basque): 58 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 74 (1.7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 225 (5.17%)
Italian: 12 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.44%)
Scottish: 26 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.39%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 536 (12.32%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,382 (54.76%)

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