Prentiss County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Prentiss county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,548	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	304	4.6
Kindergarten	337	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,955	45.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,366	20.9
College or graduate school	1,586	24.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,114	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,231	13.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,423	21.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,049	31.3
Some college, no degree	2,775	17.2
Associate degree	1,034	6.4
Bachelor's degree	913	5.7
Graduate or professional degree	689	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,250	100.0
Never married	4,217	20.8
Now married, except separated	11,619	57.4
Separated	363	1.8
Widowed	1,878	9.3
Female	1,563	7.7
Divorced	2,173	10.7
Female	1,141	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	449	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	265	59.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,124	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,987	10.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,335	100.0
With a disability	391	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	13,922	100.0
With a disability	3,744	26.9
Percent employed	44.4	(X)
No disability	10,178	73.1
Percent employed	76.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,364	100.0
With a disability	1,826	54.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,816	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,281	64.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,506	35.7
Same county	5,004	21.0
Different county	3,502	14.7
Same state	2,524	10.6
Different state	978	4.1
Elsewhere in 1995	29	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,556	100.0
Native	25,466	99.6
Born in United States	25,409	99.4
State of residence	21,207	83.0
Different state	4,202	16.4
Born outside United States	57	0.2
Foreign born	90	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	30	0.1
Naturalized citizen	51	0.2
Not a citizen	39	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	90	100.0
Europe	31	34.4
Asia	35	38.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	5	5.6
Latin America	19	21.1
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,816	100.0
English only	23,278	97.7
Language other than English	538	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	113	0.5
Spanish	316	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	63	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	171	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	34	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,556	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,988	66.5
Arab	9	0.0
Czech¹	5	0.0
Danish	7	0.0
Dutch	236	0.9
English	1,810	7.1
French (except Basque)¹	222	0.9
French Canadian¹	25	0.1
German	917	3.6
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	2,480	9.7
Italian	168	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	31	0.1
Polish	102	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	13	0.1
Scotch-Irish	245	1.0
Scottish	259	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	67	0.3
Swedish	50	0.2
Swiss	47	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	5,184	20.3
Welsh	24	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	5,072	19.8

(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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