Bolivar County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bolivar county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,277	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	966	6.8
Kindergarten	742	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,660	39.6
High school (grades 9-12)	3,157	22.1
College or graduate school	3,752	26.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,956	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,616	15.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,359	19.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,581	24.3
Some college, no degree	4,021	17.5
Associate degree	1,059	4.6
Bachelor's degree	2,739	11.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,581	6.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,951	100.0
Never married	12,554	40.6
Now married, except separated	11,793	38.1
Separated	1,339	4.3
Widowed	2,820	9.1
Female	2,362	7.6
Divorced	2,445	7.9
Female	1,344	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,791	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,114	62.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,655	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,463	8.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,475	100.0
With a disability	1,077	9.4

Population 21 to 64 years	21,177	100.0
With a disability	5,339	25.2
Percent employed	41.8	(X)
No disability	15,838	74.8
Percent employed	66.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,310	100.0
With a disability	2,400	55.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	37,622	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,656	62.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,693	36.4
Same county	9,038	24.0
Different county	4,655	12.4
Same state	2,688	7.1
Different state	1,967	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	273	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	40,633	100.0
Native	40,428	99.5
Born in United States	40,309	99.2
State of residence	35,616	87.7
Different state	4,693	11.5
Born outside United States	119	0.3
Foreign born	205	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	62	0.2
Naturalized citizen	106	0.3
Not a citizen	99	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	205	100.0
Europe	52	25.4
Asia	58	28.3
Africa	6	2.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	81	39.5
Northern America	8	3.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	37,622	100.0
English only	36,592	97.3
Language other than English	1,030	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	445	1.2
Spanish	624	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	268	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	297	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	116	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	71	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	40,633	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,207	79.3
Arab	61	0.2
Czech¹	14	0.0
Danish	7	0.0
Dutch	209	0.5
English	1,099	2.7
French (except Basque)¹	316	0.8
French Canadian¹	32	0.1
German	1,114	2.7
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	1,733	4.3
Italian	796	2.0
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	89	0.2
Polish	27	0.1
Portuguese	17	0.0
Russian	18	0.0
Scotch-Irish	448	1.1
Scottish	275	0.7
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	200	0.5
Swedish	31	0.1
Swiss	9	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,000	7.4
Welsh	30	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	22,659	55.8

(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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