Alcorn County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Alcorn county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school7,421100.0
Nursery school, preschool4776.4
Kindergarten4466.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,71450.0
High school (grades 9-12)1,76823.8
College or graduate school1,01613.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over23,159100.0
Less than 9th grade3,08413.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma4,31518.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)8,06834.8
Some college, no degree3,71616.0
Associate degree1,2685.5
Bachelor's degree1,7747.7
Graduate or professional degree9344.0
Percent high school graduate or higher68.1(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher11.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over27,724100.0
Never married5,21118.8
Now married, except separated16,17958.4
Separated4881.8
Widowed2,6619.6
Female
2,2558.1
Divorced3,18511.5
Female
1,7516.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years709100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren43461.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over26,309100.0
Civilian veterans2,68010.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,413100.0
With a disability5267.1
Population 21 to 64 years19,596100.0
With a disability5,22526.7
Percent employed
40.0(X)
No disability14,37173.3
Percent employed
77.0(X)
Population 65 years and over4,818100.0
With a disability2,48951.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over32,280100.0
Same house in 199520,55963.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199511,49935.6
Same county
7,10222.0
Different county
4,39713.6
Same state
1,7405.4
Different state
2,6578.2
Elsewhere in 19952220.7
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population34,558100.0
Native34,21099.0
Born in United States
34,12998.8
State of residence
24,73571.6
Different state
9,39427.2
Born outside United States
810.2
Foreign born3481.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1830.5
Naturalized citizen
1360.4
Not a citizen
2120.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)348100.0
Europe7722.1
Asia5415.5
Africa113.2
Oceania00.0
Latin America17550.3
Northern America318.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over32,280100.0
English only31,44797.4
Language other than English8332.6
Speak English less than 'very well
3301.0
Spanish
5831.8
Speak English less than "very well"
2640.8
Other Indo-European languages
1520.5
Speak English less than "very well"
380.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
610.2
Speak English less than "very well"
170.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population34,558100.0

Total ancestries reported

24,24570.2
Arab100.0
Czech1250.1
Danish130.0
Dutch1940.6
English2,6067.5
French (except Basque)12510.7
French Canadian1770.2
German1,1163.2
Greek330.1
Hungarian230.1
Irish12,5177.3
Italian2740.8
Lithuanian30.0
Norwegian480.1
Polish720.2
Portuguese90.0
Russian200.1
Scotch-Irish4411.3
Scottish2510.7
Slovak50.0
Subsaharan African960.3
Swedish500.1
Swiss90.0
Ukrainian30.0
United States or American9,20226.6
Welsh440.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries6,85319.8
(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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