West Monroe, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2280955, place: West Monroe city, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,151 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 327 (10.38%)
Kindergarten: 131 (4.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,418 (45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 558 (17.71%)
College or graduate school: 717 (22.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,443 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 556 (6.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,080 (12.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,793 (33.08%)
Some college, no degree: 2,019 (23.91%)
Associate degree: 217 (2.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,140 (13.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 638 (7.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,497 (100%)
Never married: 2,858 (27.23%)
Now married, except separated: 5,073 (48.33%)
Separated: 276 (2.63%)
Total Widowed: 1,025 (9.76%)
Widowed Female: 902 (8.59%)
Total Divorced: 1,265 (12.05%)
Divorced Female: 739 (7.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 356 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 217 (60.96%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,948 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,333 (13.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,935 (100%)
--With a disability: 333 (11.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,789 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,428 (21.03%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 5,361 (78.97%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,474 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,188 (48.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,266 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,540 (53.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,695 (46.43%)
--Same county: 3,691 (30.09%)
--Different county: 2,004 (16.34%)
----Same state: 1,173 (9.56%)
----Different state: 831 (6.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,162 (100%)
Native: 13,093 (99.48%)
--Born in United States: 13,037 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,349 (78.63%)
----Different state: 2,688 (20.42%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 69 (0.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 69 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 69 (100%)
Europe: 14 (20.29%)
Asia: 32 (46.38%)
Africa: 6 (8.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (24.64%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,266 (100%)
English only: 11,959 (97.5%)
Language other than English: 307 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 149 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 100 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,162 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,816% (82.18%)
Arab: 17 (0.13%)
Czech: 47 (0.36%)
Danish: 6 (0.05%)
Dutch: 81 (0.62%)
English: 955 (7.26%)
French (except Basque): 578 (4.39%)
French Canadian: 75 (0.57%)
German: 820 (6.23%)
Greek: 14 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,256 (9.54%)
Italian: 216 (1.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.07%)
Polish: 24 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 25 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 257 (1.95%)
Scottish: 225 (1.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 44 (0.33%)
Swedish: 64 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,982 (15.06%)
Welsh: 125 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,996 (30.36%)

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