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New Orleans Louisiana Social and demographic information
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New Orleans Louisiana Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: New Orleans city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
484,674 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
150,096 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
464,093 |
95.8 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
10,473 |
7.0 |
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Born in
United States |
461,125 |
95.1 |
| Kindergarten |
6,947 |
4.6 |
|
State
of residence |
375,107 |
77.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
62,172 |
41.4 |
|
Different state |
86,018 |
17.7 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
30,879 |
20.6 |
|
Born
outside United States |
2,968 |
0.6 |
| College or
graduate school |
39,625 |
26.4 |
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Foreign born |
20,581 |
4.2 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,885 |
1.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
10,227 |
2.1 |
| Population
25 years and over |
300,568 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
10,354 |
2.1 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
24,190 |
8.0 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
51,892 |
17.3 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
70,477 |
23.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
20,581 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
65,760 |
21.9 |
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Europe |
3,135 |
15.2 |
| Associate
degree |
10,842 |
3.6 |
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Asia |
7,549 |
36.7 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
45,211 |
15.0 |
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Africa |
725 |
3.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
32,196 |
10.7 |
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Oceania |
160 |
0.8 |
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Latin America |
8,599 |
41.8 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
74.7 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
413 |
2.0 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
25.8 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
451,739 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
377,648 |
100.0 |
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English only |
414,214 |
91.7 |
| Never married |
154,496 |
40.9 |
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Language other
than English |
37,525 |
8.3 |
| Now married,
except separated |
134,135 |
35.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
14,168 |
3.1 |
| Separated |
13,727 |
3.6 |
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Spanish |
17,572 |
3.9 |
| Widowed |
30,661 |
8.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
6,486 |
1.4 |
| Female |
24,792 |
6.6 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
10,113 |
2.2 |
| Divorced |
44,629 |
11.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,850 |
0.6 |
| Female |
26,236 |
6.9 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
8,713 |
1.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,566 |
1.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
484,674 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
17,338 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
455,314 |
93.9 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
9,478 |
54.7 |
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Arab |
1,010 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
587 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
487 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
353,630 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
1,560 |
0.3 |
| Civilian
veterans |
38,559 |
10.9 |
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English |
16,562 |
3.4 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
27,198 |
5.6 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
3,327 |
0.7 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
26,404 |
5.4 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
119,571 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
820 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
12,273 |
10.3 |
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Hungarian |
717 |
0.1 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
266,436 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
23,022 |
4.7 |
| With a
disability |
62,753 |
23.6 |
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Italian |
15,695 |
3.2 |
| Percent
employed |
47.0 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
342 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
203,683 |
76.4 |
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Norwegian |
1,236 |
0.3 |
| Percent
employed |
70.7 |
(X) |
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Polish |
2,669 |
0.6 |
| Population
65 years and over |
54,104 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
337 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
27,096 |
50.1 |
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Russian |
1,939 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
3,680 |
0.8 |
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Scottish |
3,213 |
0.7 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
112 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
451,739 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
6,392 |
1.3 |
| Same house in
1995 |
256,551 |
56.8 |
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Swedish |
1,230 |
0.3 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
188,816 |
41.8 |
|
Swiss |
506 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
129,321 |
28.6 |
|
Ukrainian |
282 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
59,495 |
13.2 |
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United States
or American |
9,836 |
2.0 |
| Same state |
27,324 |
6.0 |
|
Welsh |
1,186 |
0.2 |
| Different
state |
32,171 |
7.1 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,627 |
0.3 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
6,372 |
1.4 |
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Other
ancestries |
303,338 |
62.6 |
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| Date: January
6, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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