Madison County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Madison county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	21,716	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,072	9.5
Kindergarten	1,430	6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,162	46.8
High school (grades 9-12)	4,339	20.0
College or graduate school	3,713	17.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	46,773	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,995	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,951	10.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,558	18.3
Some college, no degree	9,702	20.7
Associate degree	2,823	6.0
Bachelor's degree	12,110	25.9
Graduate or professional degree	5,634	12.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	37.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	56,621	100.0
Never married	16,095	28.4
Now married, except separated	30,215	53.4
Separated	1,610	2.8
Widowed	3,281	5.8
Female	2,759	4.9
Divorced	5,420	9.6
Female	3,426	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,961	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	984	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	53,263	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,307	10.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	18,435	100.0
With a disability	1,235	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	42,576	100.0
With a disability	6,620	15.5
Percent employed	54.4	(X)
No disability	35,956	84.5
Percent employed	79.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,291	100.0
With a disability	2,985	47.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	68,859	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,995	52.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	32,177	46.7
Same county	12,722	18.5
Different county	19,455	28.3
Same state	12,744	18.5
Different state	6,711	9.7
Elsewhere in 1995	687	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	74,674	100.0
Native	73,434	98.3
Born in United States	73,119	97.9
State of residence	57,158	76.5
Different state	15,961	21.4
Born outside United States	315	0.4
Foreign born	1,240	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	498	0.7
Naturalized citizen	743	1.0
Not a citizen	497	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,240	100.0
Europe	190	15.3
Asia	629	50.7
Africa	100	8.1
Oceania	18	1.5
Latin America	171	13.8
Northern America	132	10.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	68,859	100.0
English only	66,047	95.9
Language other than English	2,812	4.1
Speak English less than 'very well	875	1.3
Spanish	1,247	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	495	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	921	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	175	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	457	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	194	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	74,674	100.0
Total ancestries reported	61,599	82.5
Arab	390	0.5
Czech¹	74	0.1
Danish	116	0.2
Dutch	395	0.5
English	6,253	8.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,690	2.3
French Canadian¹	312	0.4
German	4,039	5.4
Greek	135	0.2
Hungarian	106	0.1
Irish¹	5,400	7.2
Italian	1,181	1.6
Lithuanian	15	0.0
Norwegian	270	0.4
Polish	304	0.4
Portuguese	42	0.1
Russian	141	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,598	3.5
Scottish	1,675	2.2
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	612	0.8
Swedish	303	0.4
Swiss	72	0.1
Ukrainian	47	0.1
United States or American	7,417	9.9
Welsh	437	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	97	0.1
Other ancestries	27,464	36.8

(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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