Marshall County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Marshall county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,919	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	467	5.2
Kindergarten	520	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,373	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,115	23.7
College or graduate school	1,444	16.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,519	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,952	13.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,443	25.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,001	32.5
Some college, no degree	3,508	16.3
Associate degree	674	3.1
Bachelor's degree	1,405	6.5
Graduate or professional degree	536	2.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	61.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,293	100.0
Never married	8,294	30.4
Now married, except separated	12,953	47.5
Separated	1,054	3.9
Widowed	2,094	7.7
Female	1,650	6.0
Divorced	2,898	10.6
Female	1,437	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,240	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	668	53.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,692	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,392	9.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,705	100.0
With a disability	614	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	18,653	100.0
With a disability	4,818	25.8
Percent employed	48.8	(X)
No disability	13,835	74.2
Percent employed	71.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,910	100.0
With a disability	1,992	50.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,518	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,938	67.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,260	31.6
Same county	4,958	15.2
Different county	5,302	16.3
Same state	2,045	6.3
Different state	3,257	10.0
Elsewhere in 1995	320	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,993	100.0
Native	34,647	99.0
Born in United States	34,581	98.8
State of residence	19,637	56.1
Different state	14,944	42.7
Born outside United States	66	0.2
Foreign born	346	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	164	0.5
Naturalized citizen	116	0.3
Not a citizen	230	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	346	100.0
Europe	111	32.1
Asia	46	13.3
Africa	54	15.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	127	36.7
Northern America	8	2.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,518	100.0
English only	31,580	97.1
Language other than English	938	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	259	0.8
Spanish	565	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	170	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	224	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	28	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,993	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,840	76.7
Arab	27	0.1
Czech¹	3	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	203	0.6
English	1,248	3.6
French (except Basque)¹	219	0.6
French Canadian¹	16	0.0
German	827	2.4
Greek	28	0.1
Hungarian	45	0.1
Irish¹	1,400	4.0
Italian	222	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	41	0.1
Polish	91	0.3
Portuguese	3	0.0
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	274	0.8
Scottish	261	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	331	0.9
Swedish	98	0.3
Swiss	14	0.0
Ukrainian	11	0.0
United States or American	4,765	13.6
Welsh	26	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.0
Other ancestries	16,650	47.6

(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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