Clarke County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clarke county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,411	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	296	6.7
Kindergarten	305	6.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,222	50.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,100	24.9
College or graduate school	488	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,541	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,252	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,351	20.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,248	36.8
Some college, no degree	2,037	17.7
Associate degree	540	4.7
Bachelor's degree	738	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	375	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,016	100.0
Never married	3,265	23.3
Now married, except separated	7,677	54.8
Separated	399	2.8
Widowed	1,196	8.5
Female	1,004	7.2
Divorced	1,479	10.6
Female	799	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	460	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	251	54.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,117	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,674	12.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,333	100.0
With a disability	378	8.7

Population 21 to 64 years	9,584	100.0
With a disability	2,272	23.7
Percent employed	40.5	(X)
No disability	7,312	76.3
Percent employed	70.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,606	100.0
With a disability	1,320	50.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,725	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,635	69.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,999	29.9
Same county	2,839	17.0
Different county	2,160	12.9
Same state	1,456	8.7
Different state	704	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	91	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,955	100.0
Native	17,893	99.7
Born in United States	17,865	99.5
State of residence	14,995	83.5
Different state	2,870	16.0
Born outside United States	28	0.2
Foreign born	62	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	23	0.1
Naturalized citizen	29	0.2
Not a citizen	33	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	62	100.0
Europe	17	27.4
Asia	21	33.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	16	25.8
Northern America	8	12.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,725	100.0
English only	16,433	98.3
Language other than English	292	1.7
Speak English less than 'very well	102	0.6
Spanish	166	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	90	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	30	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,955	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,062	72.7
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	4	0.0
Danish	34	0.2
Dutch	124	0.7
English	675	3.8
French (except Basque)¹	229	1.3
French Canadian¹	5	0.0
German	319	1.8
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	922	5.1
Italian	109	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	22	0.1
Polish	38	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	230	1.3
Scottish	115	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	154	0.9
Swedish	17	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,740	20.8
Welsh	26	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	6,286	35.0

(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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