South Vacherie, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2272092, place: South Vacherie CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 923 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (7.69%)
Kindergarten: 30 (3.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 423 (45.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 250 (27.09%)
College or graduate school: 149 (16.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,259 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 294 (13.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 355 (15.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,040 (46.04%)
Some college, no degree: 305 (13.5%)
Associate degree: 69 (3.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 136 (6.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 60 (2.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,783 (100%)
Never married: 779 (27.99%)
Now married, except separated: 1,637 (58.82%)
Separated: 64 (2.3%)
Total Widowed: 150 (5.39%)
Widowed Female: 106 (3.81%)
Total Divorced: 153 (5.5%)
Divorced Female: 68 (2.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (15.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,609 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 210 (8.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 881 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (8.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,009 (100%)
--With a disability: 328 (16.33%)
----Percent employed: 41.5%
--No disability: 1,681 (83.67%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 195 (46.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,309 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,624 (79.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 678 (20.49%)
--Same county: 512 (15.47%)
--Different county: 166 (5.02%)
----Same state: 160 (4.84%)
----Different state: 6 (0.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,543 (100%)
Native: 3,525 (99.49%)
--Born in United States: 3,516 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,457 (97.57%)
----Different state: 59 (1.67%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 18 (0.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 7 (38.89%)
Asia: 11 (61.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,309 (100%)
English only: 2,714 (82.02%)
Language other than English: 595 (17.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (4.71%)
--Spanish: 21 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 552 (16.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (4.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,543 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,953% (83.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 37 (1.04%)
French (except Basque): 528 (14.9%)
French Canadian: 239 (6.75%)
German: 446 (12.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 24 (0.68%)
Italian: 7 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.17%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 5 (0.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.11%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 373 (10.53%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,284 (36.24%)

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