Wilson, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2282215, place: Wilson village, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 233 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (10.73%)
Kindergarten: 17 (7.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 116 (49.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 52 (22.32%)
College or graduate school: 23 (9.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 389 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 60 (15.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 72 (18.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 149 (38.3%)
Some college, no degree: 60 (15.42%)
Associate degree: 1 (0.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (6.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (5.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 535 (100%)
Never married: 218 (40.75%)
Now married, except separated: 192 (35.89%)
Separated: 27 (5.05%)
Total Widowed: 48 (8.97%)
Widowed Female: 32 (5.98%)
Total Divorced: 50 (9.35%)
Divorced Female: 31 (5.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (73.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 480 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 46 (9.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 366 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (16.12%)
----Percent employed: 23.7%
--No disability: 307 (83.88%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
Population 65 years and over: 82 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (64.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 670 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 454 (67.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 216 (32.24%)
--Same county: 137 (20.45%)
--Different county: 79 (11.79%)
----Same state: 38 (5.67%)
----Different state: 41 (6.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 738 (100%)
Native: 738 (100%)
--Born in United States: 731 (100%)
----State of residence: 529 (71.68%)
----Different state: 202 (27.37%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.95%)
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: 670 (100%)
English only: 655 (97.76%)
Language other than English: 15 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.3%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 738 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 548% (74.25%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 12 (1.63%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.27%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 8 (1.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2 (0.27%)
Italian: 1 (0.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 4 (0.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.41%)
Swedish: 2 (0.27%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 106 (14.36%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 408 (55.28%)

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