General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2264905, place: Ringgold town, Louisiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 465 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (5.38%)
Kindergarten: 30 (6.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 218 (46.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 134 (28.82%)
College or graduate school: 58 (12.47%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,044 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 129 (12.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 194 (18.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 444 (42.53%)
Some college, no degree: 164 (15.71%)
Associate degree: 17 (1.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 54 (5.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 42 (4.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,308 (100%)
Never married: 404 (30.89%)
Now married, except separated: 576 (44.04%)
Separated: 58 (4.43%)
Total Widowed: 157 (12%)
Widowed Female: 148 (11.31%)
Total Divorced: 113 (8.64%)
Divorced Female: 72 (5.5%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 66 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (68.18%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,209 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 111 (9.18%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 454 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (10.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 788 (100%)
--With a disability: 284 (36.04%)
----Percent employed: 37.7%
--No disability: 504 (63.96%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
Population 65 years and over: 252 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (46.43%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,574 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 888 (56.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 686 (43.58%)
--Same county: 455 (28.91%)
--Different county: 231 (14.68%)
----Same state: 136 (8.64%)
----Different state: 95 (6.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,688 (100%)
Native: 1,679 (99.47%)
--Born in United States: 1,676 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,481 (87.74%)
----Different state: 195 (11.55%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.41%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 7 (77.78%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (22.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,574 (100%)
English only: 1,558 (98.98%)
Language other than English: 16 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,688 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,237% (73.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (0.65%)
English: 74 (4.38%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.72%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.59%)
German: 31 (1.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 81 (4.8%)
Italian: 1 (0.06%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.89%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (1.01%)
Swedish: 3 (0.18%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 130 (7.7%)
Welsh: 15 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 816 (48.34%)
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