Clay County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clay county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,257	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	401	6.4
Kindergarten	415	6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,018	48.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,410	22.5
College or graduate school	1,013	16.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,441	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,450	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,775	20.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,262	31.7
Some college, no degree	2,414	18.0
Associate degree	578	4.3
Bachelor's degree	1,474	11.0
Graduate or professional degree	488	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,755	100.0
Never married	4,896	29.2
Now married, except separated	8,048	48.0
Separated	604	3.6
Widowed	1,566	9.3
Female	1,361	8.1
Divorced	1,641	9.8
Female	924	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	867	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	565	65.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,587	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,657	10.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,721	100.0
With a disability	446	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	11,578	100.0
With a disability	2,965	25.6
Percent employed	49.9	(X)
No disability	8,613	74.4
Percent employed	73.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,770	100.0
With a disability	1,341	48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,386	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,971	63.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,301	35.8
Same county	4,806	23.6
Different county	2,495	12.2
Same state	1,463	7.2
Different state	1,032	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	114	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,979	100.0
Native	21,875	99.5
Born in United States	21,826	99.3
State of residence	18,767	85.4
Different state	3,059	13.9
Born outside United States	49	0.2
Foreign born	104	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	55	0.3
Naturalized citizen	57	0.3
Not a citizen	47	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	104	100.0
Europe	32	30.8
Asia	22	21.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	44	42.3
Northern America	6	5.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,386	100.0
English only	19,929	97.8
Language other than English	457	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	156	0.8
Spanish	185	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	236	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	27	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,979	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,421	79.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	8	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	103	0.5
English	941	4.3
French (except Basque)¹	257	1.2
French Canadian¹	52	0.2
German	691	3.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	9	0.0
Irish¹	1,033	4.7
Italian	94	0.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	18	0.1
Polish	23	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	28	0.1
Scotch-Irish	316	1.4
Scottish	148	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	68	0.3
Swedish	15	0.1
Swiss	9	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,593	7.2
Welsh	35	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	48	0.2
Other ancestries	11,932	54.3

(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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