Ridgecrest, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2264765, place: Ridgecrest town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 151 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (1.99%)
Kindergarten: 13 (8.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 74 (49.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 39 (25.83%)
College or graduate school: 22 (14.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 537 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 69 (12.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 123 (22.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 177 (32.96%)
Some college, no degree: 99 (18.44%)
Associate degree: 8 (1.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (8.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (2.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 641 (100%)
Never married: 95 (14.82%)
Now married, except separated: 428 (66.77%)
Separated: 4 (0.62%)
Total Widowed: 59 (9.2%)
Widowed Female: 46 (7.18%)
Total Divorced: 55 (8.58%)
Divorced Female: 32 (4.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (45.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 616 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 81 (13.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 161 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (2.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 412 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (17.96%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 338 (82.04%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
Population 65 years and over: 120 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (37.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 737 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 460 (62.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 272 (36.91%)
--Same county: 167 (22.66%)
--Different county: 105 (14.25%)
----Same state: 44 (5.97%)
----Different state: 61 (8.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 783 (100%)
Native: 783 (100%)
--Born in United States: 783 (100%)
----State of residence: 294 (37.55%)
----Different state: 489 (62.45%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 737 (100%)
English only: 728 (98.78%)
Language other than English: 9 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.14%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 783 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 486% (62.07%)
Arab: 2 (0.26%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.26%)
English: 40 (5.11%)
French (except Basque): 17 (2.17%)
French Canadian: 9 (1.15%)
German: 11 (1.4%)
Greek: 2 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 44 (5.62%)
Italian: 10 (1.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.38%)
Scottish: 7 (0.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 247 (31.55%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 92 (11.75%)

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