Itawamba County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Itawamba county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,744	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	261	4.5
Kindergarten	313	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,678	46.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,224	21.3
College or graduate school	1,268	22.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,833	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,040	13.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,015	20.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,678	31.5
Some college, no degree	3,013	20.3
Associate degree	779	5.3
Bachelor's degree	873	5.9
Graduate or professional degree	435	2.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,150	100.0
Never married	3,263	18.0
Now married, except separated	11,393	62.8
Separated	357	2.0
Widowed	1,365	7.5
Female	1,141	6.3
Divorced	1,772	9.8
Female	959	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	371	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	217	58.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,219	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,955	11.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,464	100.0
With a disability	590	10.8

Population 21 to 64 years	12,641	100.0
With a disability	3,319	26.3
Percent employed	49.8	(X)
No disability	9,322	73.7
Percent employed	76.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,073	100.0
With a disability	1,503	48.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,372	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,145	66.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,176	33.6
Same county	3,805	17.8
Different county	3,371	15.8
Same state	2,393	11.2
Different state	978	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	51	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,770	100.0
Native	22,628	99.4
Born in United States	22,548	99.0
State of residence	17,177	75.4
Different state	5,371	23.6
Born outside United States	80	0.4
Foreign born	142	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	69	0.3
Naturalized citizen	92	0.4
Not a citizen	50	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	142	100.0
Europe	12	8.5
Asia	54	38.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	72	50.7
Northern America	4	2.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,372	100.0
English only	20,854	97.6
Language other than English	518	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	147	0.7
Spanish	384	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	102	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	103	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	22	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,770	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,554	68.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	7	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	153	0.7
English	1,789	7.9
French (except Basque)¹	138	0.6
French Canadian¹	11	0.0
German	937	4.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,918	8.4
Italian	67	0.3
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	31	0.1
Polish	45	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	228	1.0
Scottish	230	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	37	0.2
Swedish	45	0.2
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,412	28.2
Welsh	31	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	3,462	15.2

(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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