Attala County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Attala county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,044	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	359	7.1
Kindergarten	315	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,601	51.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,193	23.7
College or graduate school	576	11.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,674	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,710	13.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,925	23.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,783	29.8
Some college, no degree	2,231	17.6
Associate degree	549	4.3
Bachelor's degree	959	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	517	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,405	100.0
Never married	3,586	23.3
Now married, except separated	8,290	53.8
Separated	627	4.1
Widowed	1,596	10.4
Female	1,343	8.7
Divorced	1,306	8.5
Female	674	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	525	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	304	57.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,537	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,730	11.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,685	100.0
With a disability	426	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	10,243	100.0
With a disability	2,792	27.3
Percent employed	42.4	(X)
No disability	7,451	72.7
Percent employed	73.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,129	100.0
With a disability	1,747	55.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,398	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,803	64.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,479	35.2
Same county	3,687	20.0
Different county	2,792	15.2
Same state	1,636	8.9
Different state	1,156	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	116	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,661	100.0
Native	19,508	99.2
Born in United States	19,427	98.8
State of residence	17,177	87.4
Different state	2,250	11.4
Born outside United States	81	0.4
Foreign born	153	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	125	0.6
Naturalized citizen	8	0.0
Not a citizen	145	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	153	100.0
Europe	16	10.5
Asia	44	28.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	93	60.8
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,398	100.0
English only	17,952	97.6
Language other than English	446	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	188	1.0
Spanish	291	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	135	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	95	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	38	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	4	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,661	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,295	67.6
Arab	33	0.2
Czech¹	17	0.1
Danish	6	0.0
Dutch	97	0.5
English	673	3.4
French (except Basque)¹	163	0.8
French Canadian¹	52	0.3
German	535	2.7
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,469	7.5
Italian	114	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	52	0.3
Polish	24	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	308	1.6
Scottish	315	1.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	137	0.7
Swedish	11	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,001	10.2
Welsh	37	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	32	0.2
Other ancestries	7,192	36.6

(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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