Washington, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2279870, place: Washington town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 285 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (10.53%)
Kindergarten: 13 (4.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 150 (52.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 62 (21.75%)
College or graduate school: 30 (10.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 682 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 141 (20.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 130 (19.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 242 (35.48%)
Some college, no degree: 95 (13.93%)
Associate degree: 3 (0.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 51 (7.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (2.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 810 (100%)
Never married: 233 (28.77%)
Now married, except separated: 361 (44.57%)
Separated: 34 (4.2%)
Total Widowed: 91 (11.23%)
Widowed Female: 69 (8.52%)
Total Divorced: 91 (11.23%)
Divorced Female: 57 (7.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (62.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 762 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 91 (11.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 246 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (8.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 521 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (26.68%)
----Percent employed: 35.3%
--No disability: 382 (73.32%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
Population 65 years and over: 211 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (44.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 978 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 683 (69.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 283 (28.94%)
--Same county: 228 (23.31%)
--Different county: 55 (5.62%)
----Same state: 32 (3.27%)
----Different state: 23 (2.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,074 (100%)
Native: 1,074 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,073 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,011 (94.13%)
----Different state: 62 (5.77%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.09%)
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: 978 (100%)
English only: 819 (83.74%)
Language other than English: 159 (16.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (5.93%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 155 (15.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (5.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,074 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 874% (81.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.19%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 38 (3.54%)
French (except Basque): 111 (10.34%)
French Canadian: 81 (7.54%)
German: 27 (2.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 8 (0.74%)
Italian: 8 (0.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 6 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 63 (5.87%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 526 (48.98%)

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