Neshoba County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Neshoba county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,642	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	667	8.7
Kindergarten	582	7.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,713	48.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,789	23.4
College or graduate school	891	11.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,780	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,930	10.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,816	21.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,629	31.7
Some college, no degree	3,300	18.6
Associate degree	1,071	6.0
Bachelor's degree	1,305	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	729	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	21,956	100.0
Never married	5,246	23.9
Now married, except separated	11,853	54.0
Separated	516	2.4
Widowed	2,096	9.5
Female	1,754	8.0
Divorced	2,245	10.2
Female	1,237	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	893	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	649	72.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,496	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,338	11.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,176	100.0
With a disability	528	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	14,978	100.0
With a disability	3,780	25.2
Percent employed	49.5	(X)
No disability	11,198	74.8
Percent employed	77.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,722	100.0
With a disability	1,950	52.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,468	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,780	63.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,552	36.1
Same county	5,444	20.6
Different county	4,108	15.5
Same state	2,861	10.8
Different state	1,247	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	136	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,684	100.0
Native	28,463	99.2
Born in United States	28,376	98.9
State of residence	24,718	86.2
Different state	3,658	12.8
Born outside United States	87	0.3
Foreign born	221	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	57	0.2
Naturalized citizen	129	0.4
Not a citizen	92	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	221	100.0
Europe	27	12.2
Asia	136	61.5
Africa	6	2.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	52	23.5
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,468	100.0
English only	23,289	88.0
Language other than English	3,179	12.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,473	5.6
Spanish	204	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	86	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	145	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	106	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,684	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,148	73.7
Arab	40	0.1
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	12	0.0
Dutch	106	0.4
English	1,394	4.9
French (except Basque)¹	241	0.8
French Canadian¹	5	0.0
German	774	2.7
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	17	0.1
Irish¹	2,094	7.3
Italian	107	0.4
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	4	0.0
Polish	18	0.1
Portuguese	10	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	473	1.6
Scottish	154	0.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	98	0.3
Swedish	67	0.2
Swiss	4	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	5,613	19.6
Welsh	14	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	9,890	34.5

(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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