Rankin County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rankin county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	28,701	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,151	7.5
Kindergarten	1,523	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	13,862	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	6,518	22.7
College or graduate school	4,647	16.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	74,885	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,848	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,774	13.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	20,511	27.4
Some college, no degree	17,867	23.9
Associate degree	5,081	6.8
Bachelor's degree	12,236	16.3
Graduate or professional degree	5,568	7.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	90,763	100.0
Never married	21,183	23.3
Now married, except separated	52,691	58.1
Separated	1,781	2.0
Widowed	5,203	5.7
Female	4,404	4.9
Divorced	9,905	10.9
Female	5,655	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,412	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,190	49.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	85,365	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,785	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	25,912	100.0
With a disability	1,770	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	66,482	100.0
With a disability	12,486	18.8
Percent employed	60.4	(X)
No disability	53,996	81.2
Percent employed	81.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,995	100.0
With a disability	4,533	45.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	107,265	100.0
Same house in 1995	54,726	51.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	51,233	47.8
Same county	22,167	20.7
Different county	29,066	27.1
Same state	20,252	18.9
Different state	8,814	8.2
Elsewhere in 1995	1,306	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	115,327	100.0
Native	113,518	98.4
Born in United States	112,908	97.9
State of residence	86,194	74.7
Different state	26,714	23.2
Born outside United States	610	0.5
Foreign born	1,809	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	998	0.9
Naturalized citizen	706	0.6
Not a citizen	1,103	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,809	100.0
Europe	284	15.7
Asia	622	34.4
Africa	105	5.8
Oceania	8	0.4
Latin America	658	36.4
Northern America	132	7.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	107,265	100.0
English only	103,357	96.4
Language other than English	3,908	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,258	1.2
Spanish	2,389	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	863	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	922	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	194	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	415	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	173	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	115,327	100.0
Total ancestries reported	93,163	80.8
Arab	204	0.2
Czech¹	91	0.1
Danish	56	0.0
Dutch	948	0.8
English	9,588	8.3
French (except Basque)¹	2,585	2.2
French Canadian¹	470	0.4
German	7,003	6.1
Greek	165	0.1
Hungarian	119	0.1
Irish¹	11,410	9.9
Italian	1,809	1.6
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	285	0.2
Polish	428	0.4
Portuguese	30	0.0
Russian	101	0.1
Scotch-Irish	3,322	2.9
Scottish	2,050	1.8
Slovak	52	0.0
Subsaharan African	760	0.7
Swedish	391	0.3
Swiss	103	0.1
Ukrainian	44	0.0
United States or American	22,499	19.5
Welsh	318	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	59	0.1
Other ancestries	28,256	24.5

(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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