Waterproof, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2279940, place: Waterproof town, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 204 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.88%)
Kindergarten: 11 (5.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (51.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 55 (26.96%)
College or graduate school: 20 (9.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 524 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (20.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 148 (28.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 186 (35.5%)
Some college, no degree: 50 (9.54%)
Associate degree: 5 (0.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 13 (2.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (3.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 51.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 643 (100%)
Never married: 251 (39.04%)
Now married, except separated: 171 (26.59%)
Separated: 42 (6.53%)
Total Widowed: 120 (18.66%)
Widowed Female: 98 (15.24%)
Total Divorced: 59 (9.18%)
Divorced Female: 37 (5.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (57.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 601 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 50 (8.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (13.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 406 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (30.54%)
----Percent employed: 39.5%
--No disability: 282 (69.46%)
----Percent employed: 63.1%
Population 65 years and over: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (54.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 758 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 587 (77.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 171 (22.56%)
--Same county: 114 (15.04%)
--Different county: 57 (7.52%)
----Same state: 25 (3.3%)
----Different state: 32 (4.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 829 (100%)
Native: 821 (99.03%)
--Born in United States: 817 (100%)
----State of residence: 717 (86.49%)
----Different state: 100 (12.06%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.72%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 4 (50%)
Asia: 4 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 758 (100%)
English only: 726 (95.78%)
Language other than English: 32 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.58%)
--Spanish: 27 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 829 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 605% (72.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 20 (2.41%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.48%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 10 (1.21%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 17 (2.05%)
Italian: 5 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.6%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.72%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 40 (4.83%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 498 (60.07%)

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