Pearl River County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pearl river county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,637	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	795	6.3
Kindergarten	864	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,195	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,768	21.9
College or graduate school	2,015	15.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,940	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,666	8.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,191	16.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,655	31.2
Some college, no degree	6,860	22.2
Associate degree	2,281	7.4
Bachelor's degree	2,761	8.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,526	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	37,780	100.0
Never married	7,728	20.5
Now married, except separated	22,405	59.3
Separated	962	2.5
Widowed	2,931	7.8
Female	2,458	6.5
Divorced	3,754	9.9
Female	2,085	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,251	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	703	56.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	35,385	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,293	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,791	100.0
With a disability	1,226	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	27,085	100.0
With a disability	7,902	29.2
Percent employed	43.0	(X)
No disability	19,183	70.8
Percent employed	71.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,866	100.0
With a disability	3,093	52.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,197	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,486	56.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,407	42.9
Same county	9,775	21.6
Different county	9,632	21.3
Same state	2,320	5.1
Different state	7,312	16.2
Elsewhere in 1995	304	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,621	100.0
Native	48,018	98.8
Born in United States	47,721	98.1
State of residence	25,365	52.2
Different state	22,356	46.0
Born outside United States	297	0.6
Foreign born	603	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	185	0.4
Naturalized citizen	348	0.7
Not a citizen	255	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	603	100.0
Europe	226	37.5
Asia	144	23.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	1.3
Latin America	206	34.2
Northern America	19	3.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,197	100.0
English only	43,580	96.4
Language other than English	1,617	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	443	1.0
Spanish	876	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	227	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	645	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	176	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	54	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,621	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,813	88.1
Arab	93	0.2
Czech¹	83	0.2
Danish	141	0.3
Dutch	368	0.8
English	4,124	8.5
French (except Basque)¹	4,465	9.2
French Canadian¹	448	0.9
German	4,011	8.2
Greek	187	0.4
Hungarian	37	0.1
Irish¹	4,357	9.0
Italian	1,783	3.7
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	116	0.2
Polish	210	0.4
Portuguese	25	0.1
Russian	101	0.2
Scotch-Irish	890	1.8
Scottish	538	1.1
Slovak	9	0.0
Subsaharan African	179	0.4
Swedish	198	0.4
Swiss	39	0.1
Ukrainian	39	0.1
United States or American	9,039	18.6
Welsh	128	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	51	0.1
Other ancestries	11,148	22.9

(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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