Choctaw County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Choctaw county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,513	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	146	5.8
Kindergarten	94	3.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,335	53.1
High school (grades 9-12)	662	26.3
College or graduate school	276	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,171	100.0
Less than 9th grade	786	12.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,370	22.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,015	32.7
Some college, no degree	1,086	17.6
Associate degree	222	3.6
Bachelor's degree	452	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	240	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,594	100.0
Never married	1,785	23.5
Now married, except separated	4,297	56.6
Separated	208	2.7
Widowed	712	9.4
Female	594	7.8
Divorced	592	7.8
Female	309	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	299	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	162	54.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,042	100.0
Civilian veterans	863	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,497	100.0
With a disability	248	9.9

Population 21 to 64 years	5,131	100.0
With a disability	1,497	29.2
Percent employed	37.1	(X)
No disability	3,634	70.8
Percent employed	73.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,366	100.0
With a disability	775	56.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,093	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,300	69.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,733	30.1
Same county	1,479	16.3
Different county	1,254	13.8
Same state	839	9.2
Different state	415	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	60	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	9,758	100.0
Native	9,724	99.7
Born in United States	9,691	99.3
State of residence	8,358	85.7
Different state	1,333	13.7
Born outside United States	33	0.3
Foreign born	34	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	22	0.2
Naturalized citizen	16	0.2
Not a citizen	18	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	34	100.0
Europe	13	38.2
Asia	0	0.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	21	61.8
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,093	100.0
English only	8,893	97.8
Language other than English	200	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	85	0.9
Spanish	128	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	54	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	68	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	0	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	9,758	100.0
Total ancestries reported	6,746	69.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	3	0.0
Danish	4	0.0
Dutch	41	0.4
English	500	5.1
French (except Basque)¹	92	0.9
French Canadian¹	31	0.3
German	366	3.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	959	9.8
Italian	38	0.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	10	0.1
Polish	35	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	222	2.3
Scottish	116	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	63	0.6
Swedish	13	0.1
Swiss	2	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,106	11.3
Welsh	6	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,139	32.2

(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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