Terrytown, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2275180, place: Terrytown CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,476 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 723 (9.67%)
Kindergarten: 441 (5.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,413 (45.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,421 (19.01%)
College or graduate school: 1,478 (19.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,594 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 704 (4.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,427 (15.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,745 (30.43%)
Some college, no degree: 4,250 (27.25%)
Associate degree: 747 (4.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,957 (12.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 764 (4.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,175 (100%)
Never married: 5,784 (30.16%)
Now married, except separated: 9,370 (48.87%)
Separated: 533 (2.78%)
Total Widowed: 1,075 (5.61%)
Widowed Female: 931 (4.86%)
Total Divorced: 2,413 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 1,452 (7.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 751 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 355 (47.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,905 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,456 (13.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,222 (100%)
--With a disability: 410 (6.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,621 (17.47%)
----Percent employed: 54%
--No disability: 12,382 (82.53%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 1,901 (100%)
--With a disability: 738 (38.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,295 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,684 (54.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,229 (43.91%)
--Same county: 6,201 (26.62%)
--Different county: 4,028 (17.29%)
----Same state: 2,715 (11.65%)
----Different state: 1,313 (5.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 382 (1.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,397 (100%)
Native: 23,246 (91.53%)
--Born in United States: 22,988 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,643 (73.41%)
----Different state: 4,345 (17.11%)
--Born outside United States: 258 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 2,151 (8.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 585 (2.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,142 (4.5%)
--Not a citizen: 1,009 (3.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,151 (100%)
Europe: 129 (6%)
Asia: 503 (23.38%)
Africa: 74 (3.44%)
Oceania: 15 (0.7%)
Latin America: 1,350 (62.76%)
Northern America: 80 (3.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,295 (100%)
English only: 20,110 (86.33%)
Language other than English: 3,185 (13.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,245 (5.34%)
--Spanish: 1,888 (8.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 677 (2.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 477 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 602 (2.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 382 (1.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,397 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,047% (102.56%)
Arab: 205 (0.81%)
Czech: 16 (0.06%)
Danish: 15 (0.06%)
Dutch: 168 (0.66%)
English: 1,003 (3.95%)
French (except Basque): 3,311 (13.04%)
French Canadian: 457 (1.8%)
German: 2,396 (9.43%)
Greek: 23 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2,408 (9.48%)
Italian: 1,808 (7.12%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 129 (0.51%)
Polish: 193 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.14%)
Russian: 23 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 76 (0.3%)
Scottish: 153 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 222 (0.87%)
Swedish: 131 (0.52%)
Swiss: 35 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.03%)
United States or American: 1,365 (5.37%)
Welsh: 25 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 158 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 11,685 (46.01%)

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