Houma, LA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,666100.0
Nursery school, preschool7799.0
Kindergarten5376.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,13047.7
High school (grades 9-12)2,08024.0
College or graduate school1,14013.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over19,948100.0
Less than 9th grade2,62013.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,45817.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)6,81834.2
Some college, no degree3,51617.6
Associate degree6833.4
Bachelor's degree2,00110.0
Graduate or professional degree8524.3
Percent high school graduate or higher69.5(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,758100.0
Never married7,01828.3
Now married, except separated12,16449.1
Separated7553.0
Widowed1,8947.7
Female
1,5996.5
Divorced2,92711.8
Female
1,7036.9
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,071100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren53950.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over23,199100.0
Civilian veterans2,78512.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,899100.0
With a disability96312.2
Population 21 to 64 years17,419100.0
With a disability4,70927.0
Percent employed
45.6(X)
No disability12,71073.0
Percent employed
73.4(X)
Population 65 years and over3,800100.0
With a disability2,17457.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over29,726100.0
Same house in 199517,57659.1
Different house in the U.S. in 199511,79439.7
Same county
8,15527.4
Different county
3,63912.2
Same state
2,0636.9
Different state
1,5765.3
Elsewhere in 19953561.2
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population32,124100.0
Native31,37097.7
Born in United States
31,26697.3
State of residence
27,94687.0
Different state
3,32010.3
Born outside United States
1040.3
Foreign born7542.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4301.3
Naturalized citizen
2470.8
Not a citizen
5071.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)754100.0
Europe9712.9
Asia33444.3
Africa70.9
Oceania00.0
Latin America27436.3
Northern America425.6
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over29,726100.0
English only26,58689.4
Language other than English3,14010.6
Speak English less than 'very well
8292.8
Spanish
5401.8
Speak English less than "very well"
2590.9
Other Indo-European languages
2,3728.0
Speak English less than "very well"
4721.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2280.8
Speak English less than "very well"
980.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population32,124100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,24991.1
Arab380.1
Czech170.0
Danish00.0
Dutch1450.5
English1,3654.2
French (except Basque)16,65920.7
French Canadian12,7828.7
German1,9786.2
Greek470.1
Hungarian120.0
Irish11,5524.8
Italian1,1263.5
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian470.1
Polish500.2
Portuguese180.1
Russian270.1
Scotch-Irish1450.5
Scottish1630.5
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African2230.7
Swedish130.0
Swiss00.0
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American2,3697.4
Welsh420.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)970.3
Other ancestries10,34432.2
(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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