DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: West Monroe town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 4,428 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,221 100.0   Native 4,320 97.6
Nursery school, preschool 55 4.5       Born in United States 4,305 97.2
Kindergarten 52 4.3           State of residence 3,935 88.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 658 53.9           Different state 370 8.4
High school (grades 9-12) 315 25.8       Born outside United States 15 0.3
College or graduate school 141 11.5   Foreign born 108 2.4
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 80 1.8
  Population 25 years and over 2,822 100.0       Not a citizen 28 0.6
Less than 9th grade 100 3.5        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 474 16.8   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,128 40.0     Total (excluding born at sea) 108 100.0
Some college, no degree 581 20.6   Europe 70 64.8
Associate degree 187 6.6   Asia 23 21.3
Bachelor's degree 250 8.9   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 102 3.6   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 79.7 (X)   Northern America 15 13.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.5 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 4,168 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 3,376 100.0   English only 4,044 97.0
Never married 853 25.3   Language other than English 124 3.0
Now married, except separated 1,943 57.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 50 1.2
Separated 155 4.6   Spanish 26 0.6
Widowed 77 2.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 8 0.2
 Female 66 2.0   Other Indo-European languages 85 2.0
Divorced 348 10.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 36 0.9
 Female 182 5.4   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 4,428 100.0
           under 18 years 90 100.0     Total ancestries reported 5,133 115.9
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 17 18.9   Arab 12 0.3
        Czech¹ 13 0.3
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 8 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 3,126 100.0   Dutch 162 3.7
Civilian veterans 423 13.5   English 589 13.3
        French (except Basque)¹ 610 13.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 157 3.5
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,057 23.9
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,227 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 158 12.9   Hungarian 43 1.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,610 100.0   Irish¹ 683 15.4
With a disability 428 16.4   Italian 575 13.0
 Percent employed 39.0 (X)   Lithuanian 15 0.3
No disability 2,182 83.6   Norwegian 55 1.2
 Percent employed 74.5 (X)   Polish 244 5.5
     Population 65 years and over 323 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 163 50.5   Russian 33 0.7
        Scotch-Irish 56 1.3
        Scottish 117 2.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 3 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 4,168 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 2,671 64.1   Swedish 25 0.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,497 35.9   Swiss 34 0.8
 Same county 656 15.7   Ukrainian 34 0.8
 Different county 841 20.2   United States or American 260 5.9
  Same state 741 17.8   Welsh 17 0.4
  Different state 100 2.4   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 331 7.5
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-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.