Ruston, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2266655, place: Ruston city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,832 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 368 (3.74%)
Kindergarten: 308 (3.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,965 (19.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 914 (9.3%)
College or graduate school: 6,277 (63.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,856 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 558 (5.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,008 (10.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,981 (20.1%)
Some college, no degree: 2,101 (21.32%)
Associate degree: 303 (3.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,878 (19.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,027 (20.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,119 (100%)
Never married: 8,229 (48.07%)
Now married, except separated: 6,530 (38.14%)
Separated: 297 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 1,088 (6.36%)
Widowed Female: 906 (5.29%)
Total Divorced: 975 (5.7%)
Divorced Female: 628 (3.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 245 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 165 (67.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,342 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,261 (7.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,359 (100%)
--With a disability: 382 (6.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,445 (13.7%)
----Percent employed: 53.6%
--No disability: 9,104 (86.3%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,233 (100%)
--With a disability: 926 (41.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,491 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,997 (41.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,120 (57.05%)
--Same county: 4,197 (21.53%)
--Different county: 6,923 (35.52%)
----Same state: 4,731 (24.27%)
----Different state: 2,192 (11.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 374 (1.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,758 (100%)
Native: 20,013 (96.41%)
--Born in United States: 19,938 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,835 (71.47%)
----Different state: 5,103 (24.58%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 745 (3.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 367 (1.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 255 (1.23%)
--Not a citizen: 490 (2.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 745 (100%)
Europe: 67 (8.99%)
Asia: 454 (60.94%)
Africa: 96 (12.89%)
Oceania: 7 (0.94%)
Latin America: 109 (14.63%)
Northern America: 12 (1.61%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,491 (100%)
English only: 18,120 (92.97%)
Language other than English: 1,371 (7.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 441 (2.26%)
--Spanish: 370 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 479 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 354 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (0.85%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,758 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,062% (87.01%)
Arab: 133 (0.64%)
Czech: 21 (0.1%)
Danish: 21 (0.1%)
Dutch: 135 (0.65%)
English: 1,815 (8.74%)
French (except Basque): 706 (3.4%)
French Canadian: 146 (0.7%)
German: 1,231 (5.93%)
Greek: 10 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.18%)
Irish: 1,449 (6.98%)
Italian: 420 (2.02%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 58 (0.28%)
Polish: 51 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 42 (0.2%)
Russian: 19 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 477 (2.3%)
Scottish: 308 (1.48%)
Slovak: 15 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 118 (0.57%)
Swedish: 62 (0.3%)
Swiss: 4 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.12%)
United States or American: 1,256 (6.05%)
Welsh: 90 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 9,345 (45.02%)

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