Hancock County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hancock county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,176	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	645	6.3
Kindergarten	583	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,080	49.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,405	23.6
College or graduate school	1,463	14.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,840	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,264	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,122	14.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,450	29.3
Some college, no degree	7,133	24.7
Associate degree	1,893	6.6
Bachelor's degree	3,130	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,848	6.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,004	100.0
Never married	7,179	21.1
Now married, except separated	19,271	56.7
Separated	756	2.2
Widowed	2,517	7.4
Female	2,018	5.9
Divorced	4,281	12.6
Female	2,240	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,097	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	592	54.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,018	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,817	18.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,596	100.0
With a disability	870	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	24,312	100.0
With a disability	7,205	29.6
Percent employed	52.4	(X)
No disability	17,107	70.4
Percent employed	70.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,855	100.0
With a disability	2,701	46.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,235	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,768	56.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,223	42.8
Same county	7,378	18.3
Different county	9,845	24.5
Same state	3,279	8.1
Different state	6,566	16.3
Elsewhere in 1995	244	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,967	100.0
Native	42,378	98.6
Born in United States	42,146	98.1
State of residence	19,179	44.6
Different state	22,967	53.5
Born outside United States	232	0.5
Foreign born	589	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	186	0.4
Naturalized citizen	330	0.8
Not a citizen	259	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	589	100.0
Europe	192	32.6
Asia	146	24.8
Africa	18	3.1
Oceania	22	3.7
Latin America	151	25.6
Northern America	60	10.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,235	100.0
English only	38,459	95.6
Language other than English	1,776	4.4
Speak English less than 'very well	510	1.3
Spanish	853	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	260	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	735	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	151	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	153	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	87	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,967	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,315	98.5
Arab	26	0.1
Czech¹	143	0.3
Danish	107	0.2
Dutch	439	1.0
English	3,811	8.9
French (except Basque)¹	6,999	16.3
French Canadian¹	866	2.0
German	5,450	12.7
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	52	0.1
Irish¹	5,245	12.2
Italian	2,895	6.7
Lithuanian	35	0.1
Norwegian	261	0.6
Polish	431	1.0
Portuguese	49	0.1
Russian	125	0.3
Scotch-Irish	836	1.9
Scottish	501	1.2
Slovak	25	0.1
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	384	0.9
Swiss	79	0.2
Ukrainian	52	0.1
United States or American	5,658	13.2
Welsh	280	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	24	0.1
Other ancestries	7,496	17.4

(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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