Lafayette County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lafayette county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	16,076	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	651	4.0
Kindergarten	390	2.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,495	21.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,684	10.5
College or graduate school	9,856	61.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,628	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,674	8.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,768	13.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,678	22.7
Some college, no degree	4,017	19.5
Associate degree	1,069	5.2
Bachelor's degree	3,316	16.1
Graduate or professional degree	3,106	15.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	31.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	32,404	100.0
Never married	13,472	41.6
Now married, except separated	14,329	44.2
Separated	556	1.7
Widowed	1,612	5.0
Female	1,264	3.9
Divorced	2,435	7.5
Female	1,445	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	532	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	232	43.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,106	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,836	9.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,222	100.0
With a disability	766	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	22,387	100.0
With a disability	3,741	16.7
Percent employed	47.4	(X)
No disability	18,646	83.3
Percent employed	73.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,486	100.0
With a disability	1,780	51.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,686	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,099	43.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,733	53.8
Same county	6,466	17.6
Different county	13,267	36.2
Same state	7,451	20.3
Different state	5,816	15.9
Elsewhere in 1995	854	2.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,744	100.0
Native	37,826	97.6
Born in United States	37,576	97.0
State of residence	25,107	64.8
Different state	12,469	32.2
Born outside United States	250	0.6
Foreign born	918	2.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	617	1.6
Naturalized citizen	252	0.7
Not a citizen	666	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	918	100.0
Europe	121	13.2
Asia	408	44.4
Africa	100	10.9
Oceania	6	0.7
Latin America	226	24.6
Northern America	57	6.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,686	100.0
English only	34,954	95.3
Language other than English	1,732	4.7
Speak English less than 'very well	565	1.5
Spanish	775	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	374	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	538	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	297	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,744	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,025	82.7
Arab	114	0.3
Czech¹	39	0.1
Danish	78	0.2
Dutch	417	1.1
English	3,759	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	825	2.1
French Canadian¹	111	0.3
German	2,792	7.2
Greek	68	0.2
Hungarian	20	0.1
Irish¹	3,559	9.2
Italian	679	1.8
Lithuanian	19	0.0
Norwegian	159	0.4
Polish	278	0.7
Portuguese	51	0.1
Russian	51	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,187	3.1
Scottish	1,058	2.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	396	1.0
Swedish	176	0.5
Swiss	51	0.1
Ukrainian	25	0.1
United States or American	4,336	11.2
Welsh	163	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	11,614	30.0

(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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