Coahoma County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Coahoma county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,446	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	943	10.0
Kindergarten	618	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,639	49.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,147	22.7
College or graduate school	1,099	11.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,403	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,749	15.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,830	22.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,740	21.5
Some college, no degree	3,216	18.5
Associate degree	1,054	6.1
Bachelor's degree	1,969	11.3
Graduate or professional degree	845	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	62.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,271	100.0
Never married	8,056	36.2
Now married, except separated	8,867	39.8
Separated	1,078	4.8
Widowed	2,533	11.4
Female	2,026	9.1
Divorced	1,737	7.8
Female	1,041	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,449	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	835	57.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,500	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,794	8.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,844	100.0
With a disability	975	11.0

Population 21 to 64 years	14,994	100.0
With a disability	4,373	29.2
Percent employed	42.7	(X)
No disability	10,621	70.8
Percent employed	66.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,544	100.0
With a disability	1,870	52.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	27,875	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,947	60.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,716	38.4
Same county	7,870	28.2
Different county	2,846	10.2
Same state	1,378	4.9
Different state	1,468	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	212	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	30,622	100.0
Native	30,349	99.1
Born in United States	30,298	98.9
State of residence	26,307	85.9
Different state	3,991	13.0
Born outside United States	51	0.2
Foreign born	273	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	147	0.5
Naturalized citizen	104	0.3
Not a citizen	169	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	273	100.0
Europe	42	15.4
Asia	91	33.3
Africa	2	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	114	41.8
Northern America	24	8.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	27,875	100.0
English only	27,120	97.3
Language other than English	755	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	264	0.9
Spanish	390	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	163	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	221	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	70	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	127	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	30,622	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,903	81.3
Arab	112	0.4
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	115	0.4
English	985	3.2
French (except Basque)¹	103	0.3
French Canadian¹	27	0.1
German	401	1.3
Greek	44	0.1
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	999	3.3
Italian	463	1.5
Lithuanian	9	0.0
Norwegian	49	0.2
Polish	58	0.2
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	4	0.0
Scotch-Irish	457	1.5
Scottish	93	0.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	410	1.3
Swedish	81	0.3
Swiss	2	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,955	6.4
Welsh	46	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	18,476	60.3

(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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