Tallahatchie County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Tallahatchie county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,489	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	306	6.8
Kindergarten	369	8.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,219	49.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,076	24.0
College or graduate school	519	11.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,979	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,888	21.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,208	24.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,175	24.2
Some college, no degree	1,387	15.4
Associate degree	341	3.8
Bachelor's degree	600	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	380	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	54.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,223	100.0
Never married	3,712	33.1
Now married, except separated	5,002	44.6
Separated	584	5.2
Widowed	1,156	10.3
Female	950	8.5
Divorced	769	6.9
Female	407	3.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	710	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	463	65.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,420	100.0
Civilian veterans	940	9.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,126	100.0
With a disability	502	12.2

Population 21 to 64 years	7,748	100.0
With a disability	2,727	35.2
Percent employed	42.8	(X)
No disability	5,021	64.8
Percent employed	68.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,917	100.0
With a disability	1,111	58.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,893	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,814	70.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,019	28.9
Same county	2,462	17.7
Different county	1,557	11.2
Same state	1,116	8.0
Different state	441	3.2
Elsewhere in 1995	60	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,903	100.0
Native	14,825	99.5
Born in United States	14,812	99.4
State of residence	13,491	90.5
Different state	1,321	8.9
Born outside United States	13	0.1
Foreign born	78	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	24	0.2
Naturalized citizen	29	0.2
Not a citizen	49	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	78	100.0
Europe	31	39.7
Asia	31	39.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	16	20.5
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,893	100.0
English only	13,557	97.6
Language other than English	336	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	102	0.7
Spanish	188	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	49	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	107	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	41	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,903	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,186	75.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	64	0.4
English	456	3.1
French (except Basque)¹	77	0.5
French Canadian¹	2	0.0
German	371	2.5
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	550	3.7
Italian	34	0.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	21	0.1
Polish	9	0.1
Portuguese	5	0.0
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	180	1.2
Scottish	101	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	97	0.7
Swedish	7	0.0
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,393	9.3
Welsh	26	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	7,779	52.2

(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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