Woodmere, LA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2283002, place: Woodmere CDP, Louisiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,993 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 291 (5.83%)
Kindergarten: 229 (4.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,227 (44.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,339 (26.82%)
College or graduate school: 907 (18.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,052 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 291 (4.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,074 (15.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,980 (28.08%)
Some college, no degree: 2,103 (29.82%)
Associate degree: 414 (5.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 861 (12.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 329 (4.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,425 (100%)
Never married: 3,037 (32.22%)
Now married, except separated: 4,912 (52.12%)
Separated: 235 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 299 (3.17%)
Widowed Female: 275 (2.92%)
Total Divorced: 942 (9.99%)
Divorced Female: 586 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 562 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 253 (45.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,328 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 979 (11.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,318 (100%)
--With a disability: 369 (8.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,424 (19.73%)
----Percent employed: 49.4%
--No disability: 5,794 (80.27%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 417 (100%)
--With a disability: 197 (47.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,113 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,517 (62.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,513 (37.26%)
--Same county: 2,634 (21.75%)
--Different county: 1,879 (15.51%)
----Same state: 1,402 (11.57%)
----Different state: 477 (3.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 83 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,102 (100%)
Native: 12,235 (93.38%)
--Born in United States: 12,156 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,928 (75.77%)
----Different state: 2,228 (17.01%)
--Born outside United States: 79 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 867 (6.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 162 (1.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 558 (4.26%)
--Not a citizen: 309 (2.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 867 (100%)
Europe: 29 (3.34%)
Asia: 475 (54.79%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 353 (40.72%)
Northern America: 10 (1.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,113 (100%)
English only: 10,551 (87.1%)
Language other than English: 1,562 (12.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 624 (5.15%)
--Spanish: 686 (5.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 259 (2.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 275 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 561 (4.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 305 (2.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,102 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,628% (96.38%)
Arab: 10 (0.08%)
Czech: 15 (0.11%)
Danish: 6 (0.05%)
Dutch: 67 (0.51%)
English: 467 (3.56%)
French (except Basque): 862 (6.58%)
French Canadian: 97 (0.74%)
German: 363 (2.77%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 402 (3.07%)
Italian: 366 (2.79%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 29 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 65 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (0.4%)
Scottish: 70 (0.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 308 (2.35%)
Swedish: 34 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 303 (2.31%)
Welsh: 41 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 42 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 9,029 (68.91%)

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