Mississippi County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mississippi county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,939	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	953	6.8
Kindergarten	1,028	7.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,995	50.2
High school (grades 9-12)	3,308	23.7
College or graduate school	1,655	11.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,612	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,850	15.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,298	19.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,151	32.1
Some college, no degree	5,479	17.3
Associate degree	1,263	4.0
Bachelor's degree	2,443	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,128	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	39,190	100.0
Never married	9,408	24.0
Now married, except separated	20,757	53.0
Separated	1,397	3.6
Widowed	3,338	8.5
Female	2,835	7.2
Divorced	4,290	10.9
Female	2,277	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,934	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,215	62.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,606	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,452	12.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,409	100.0
With a disability	1,358	10.1

Population 21 to 64 years	27,494	100.0
With a disability	7,558	27.5
Percent employed	49.2	(X)
No disability	19,936	72.5
Percent employed	72.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,132	100.0
With a disability	3,513	57.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	47,798	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,846	54.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,736	45.5
Same county	15,934	33.3
Different county	5,802	12.1
Same state	1,784	3.7
Different state	4,018	8.4
Elsewhere in 1995	216	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,979	100.0
Native	51,362	98.8
Born in United States	51,208	98.5
State of residence	35,415	68.1
Different state	15,793	30.4
Born outside United States	154	0.3
Foreign born	617	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	359	0.7
Naturalized citizen	200	0.4
Not a citizen	417	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	617	100.0
Europe	90	14.6
Asia	69	11.2
Africa	16	2.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	429	69.5
Northern America	13	2.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	47,798	100.0
English only	46,247	96.8
Language other than English	1,551	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	635	1.3
Spanish	1,137	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	528	1.1
Other Indo-European languages	346	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	75	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	63	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,979	100.0
Total ancestries reported	39,794	76.6
Arab	57	0.1
Czech¹	34	0.1
Danish	9	0.0
Dutch	470	0.9
English	2,690	5.2
French (except Basque)¹	539	1.0
French Canadian¹	97	0.2
German	2,307	4.4
Greek	18	0.0
Hungarian	26	0.1
Irish¹	3,489	6.7
Italian	352	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	82	0.2
Polish	155	0.3
Portuguese	22	0.0
Russian	15	0.0
Scotch-Irish	383	0.7
Scottish	372	0.7
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	428	0.8
Swedish	136	0.3
Swiss	55	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	8,464	16.3
Welsh	149	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	41	0.1
Other ancestries	19,400	37.3

(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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