Tishomingo County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Tishomingo county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,842	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	239	6.2
Kindergarten	249	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,141	55.7
High school (grades 9-12)	838	21.8
College or graduate school	375	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,276	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,961	14.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,737	20.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,773	36.0
Some college, no degree	1,990	15.0
Associate degree	659	5.0
Bachelor's degree	651	4.9
Graduate or professional degree	505	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,512	100.0
Never married	2,492	16.1
Now married, except separated	9,591	61.8
Separated	321	2.1
Widowed	1,446	9.3
Female	1,211	7.8
Divorced	1,662	10.7
Female	866	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	373	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	214	57.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,778	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,814	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,862	100.0
With a disability	327	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	10,918	100.0
With a disability	2,698	24.7
Percent employed	39.1	(X)
No disability	8,220	75.3
Percent employed	75.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,997	100.0
With a disability	1,621	54.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,057	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,189	67.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,735	31.8
Same county	3,364	18.6
Different county	2,371	13.1
Same state	1,022	5.7
Different state	1,349	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	133	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,163	100.0
Native	18,972	99.0
Born in United States	18,877	98.5
State of residence	12,403	64.7
Different state	6,474	33.8
Born outside United States	95	0.5
Foreign born	191	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	124	0.6
Naturalized citizen	50	0.3
Not a citizen	141	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	191	100.0
Europe	0	0.0
Asia	28	14.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	163	85.3
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,057	100.0
English only	17,598	97.5
Language other than English	459	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	191	1.1
Spanish	324	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	143	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	73	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	44	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,163	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,197	74.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	156	0.8
English	1,317	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	194	1.0
French Canadian¹	25	0.1
German	771	4.0
Greek	2	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,794	9.4
Italian	156	0.8
Lithuanian	10	0.1
Norwegian	34	0.2
Polish	30	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	226	1.2
Scottish	226	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	23	0.1
Swedish	48	0.3
Swiss	16	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,269	32.7
Welsh	42	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,840	14.8

(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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