Pike County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pike county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,215	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	894	8.8
Kindergarten	624	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,731	46.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,513	24.6
College or graduate school	1,453	14.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,139	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,509	10.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,662	19.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,733	32.0
Some college, no degree	5,059	21.0
Associate degree	1,155	4.8
Bachelor's degree	1,895	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,126	4.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,118	100.0
Never married	8,225	27.3
Now married, except separated	14,778	49.1
Separated	1,123	3.7
Widowed	3,055	10.1
Female	2,452	8.1
Divorced	2,937	9.8
Female	1,681	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,396	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	786	56.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,137	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,510	12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,947	100.0
With a disability	1,012	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	20,277	100.0
With a disability	5,622	27.7
Percent employed	44.5	(X)
No disability	14,655	72.3
Percent employed	70.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,220	100.0
With a disability	2,815	53.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,069	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,634	62.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,287	36.8
Same county	7,814	21.7
Different county	5,473	15.2
Same state	2,930	8.1
Different state	2,543	7.1
Elsewhere in 1995	148	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,940	100.0
Native	38,580	99.1
Born in United States	38,514	98.9
State of residence	30,270	77.7
Different state	8,244	21.2
Born outside United States	66	0.2
Foreign born	360	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	89	0.2
Naturalized citizen	175	0.4
Not a citizen	185	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	360	100.0
Europe	59	16.4
Asia	173	48.1
Africa	12	3.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	103	28.6
Northern America	13	3.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,069	100.0
English only	34,849	96.6
Language other than English	1,220	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	542	1.5
Spanish	580	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	270	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	418	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	117	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	179	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	127	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,940	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,562	81.1
Arab	21	0.1
Czech¹	22	0.1
Danish	17	0.0
Dutch	81	0.2
English	1,928	5.0
French (except Basque)¹	766	2.0
French Canadian¹	170	0.4
German	1,383	3.6
Greek	23	0.1
Hungarian	31	0.1
Irish¹	1,835	4.7
Italian	496	1.3
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	63	0.2
Polish	62	0.2
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	10	0.0
Scotch-Irish	555	1.4
Scottish	325	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	414	1.1
Swedish	53	0.1
Swiss	2	0.0
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	5,529	14.2
Welsh	68	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	17,690	45.4

(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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