Yazoo County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Yazoo county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,155	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	420	5.9
Kindergarten	488	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,853	53.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,776	24.8
College or graduate school	618	8.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,308	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,469	14.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,585	20.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,369	31.0
Some college, no degree	3,137	18.1
Associate degree	712	4.1
Bachelor's degree	1,420	8.2
Graduate or professional degree	616	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	21,544	100.0
Never married	7,639	35.5
Now married, except separated	9,026	41.9
Separated	960	4.5
Widowed	2,141	9.9
Female	1,700	7.9
Divorced	1,778	8.3
Female	879	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,053	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	622	59.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,141	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,173	10.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,126	100.0
With a disability	691	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	13,252	100.0
With a disability	3,684	27.8
Percent employed	40.6	(X)
No disability	9,568	72.2
Percent employed	71.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,319	100.0
With a disability	1,789	53.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,041	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,039	57.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,558	40.5
Same county	6,353	24.4
Different county	4,205	16.1
Same state	2,889	11.1
Different state	1,316	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	444	1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,149	100.0
Native	27,054	96.1
Born in United States	27,006	95.9
State of residence	23,136	82.2
Different state	3,870	13.7
Born outside United States	48	0.2
Foreign born	1,095	3.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	296	1.1
Naturalized citizen	85	0.3
Not a citizen	1,010	3.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,095	100.0
Europe	73	6.7
Asia	57	5.2
Africa	5	0.5
Oceania	6	0.5
Latin America	954	87.1
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,041	100.0
English only	24,516	94.1
Language other than English	1,525	5.9
Speak English less than 'very well	731	2.8
Spanish	1,218	4.7
Speak English less than "very well"	659	2.5
Other Indo-European languages	209	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	73	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,149	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,800	77.4
Arab	22	0.1
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	5	0.0
Dutch	148	0.5
English	1,174	4.2
French (except Basque)¹	242	0.9
French Canadian¹	25	0.1
German	593	2.1
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,490	5.3
Italian	151	0.5
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	74	0.3
Polish	24	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	14	0.0
Scotch-Irish	407	1.4
Scottish	189	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	197	0.7
Swedish	4	0.0
Swiss	4	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,583	9.2
Welsh	2	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	43	0.2
Other ancestries	14,400	51.2

(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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