Lamar County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lamar county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,465	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	677	5.9
Kindergarten	572	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,134	44.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,401	20.9
College or graduate school	2,681	23.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,855	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,446	6.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,612	10.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,433	27.0
Some college, no degree	5,412	22.7
Associate degree	1,548	6.5
Bachelor's degree	4,200	17.6
Graduate or professional degree	2,204	9.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,944	100.0
Never married	7,043	23.5
Now married, except separated	18,173	60.7
Separated	483	1.6
Widowed	1,572	5.2
Female	1,351	4.5
Divorced	2,673	8.9
Female	1,628	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	715	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	344	48.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,914	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,355	12.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,840	100.0
With a disability	748	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	22,279	100.0
With a disability	4,493	20.2
Percent employed	58.7	(X)
No disability	17,786	79.8
Percent employed	77.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,692	100.0
With a disability	1,788	48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,206	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,505	51.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,462	48.2
Same county	6,448	17.8
Different county	11,014	30.4
Same state	7,073	19.5
Different state	3,941	10.9
Elsewhere in 1995	239	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	39,070	100.0
Native	38,646	98.9
Born in United States	38,427	98.4
State of residence	28,156	72.1
Different state	10,271	26.3
Born outside United States	219	0.6
Foreign born	424	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	172	0.4
Naturalized citizen	245	0.6
Not a citizen	179	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	424	100.0
Europe	87	20.5
Asia	250	59.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	6	1.4
Latin America	50	11.8
Northern America	31	7.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,206	100.0
English only	35,022	96.7
Language other than English	1,184	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	372	1.0
Spanish	544	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	165	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	300	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	101	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	289	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	39,070	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,510	80.7
Arab	105	0.3
Czech¹	16	0.0
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	200	0.5
English	3,563	9.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,187	3.0
French Canadian¹	205	0.5
German	2,523	6.5
Greek	67	0.2
Hungarian	24	0.1
Irish¹	3,343	8.6
Italian	478	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	171	0.4
Polish	96	0.2
Portuguese	14	0.0
Russian	63	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,105	2.8
Scottish	863	2.2
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	87	0.2
Swedish	147	0.4
Swiss	28	0.1
Ukrainian	8	0.0
United States or American	9,127	23.4
Welsh	144	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	41	0.1
Other ancestries	7,896	20.2

(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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