Adams County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Adams county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,809	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	710	7.2
Kindergarten	551	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,567	46.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,443	24.9
College or graduate school	1,538	15.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,211	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,210	10.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,700	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,048	31.7
Some college, no degree	4,151	18.7
Associate degree	1,215	5.5
Bachelor's degree	2,609	11.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,278	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,831	100.0
Never married	7,518	28.0
Now married, except separated	12,394	46.2
Separated	868	3.2
Widowed	2,683	10.0
Female	2,113	7.9
Divorced	3,368	12.6
Female	1,964	7.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,292	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	787	60.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,137	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,345	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,358	100.0
With a disability	646	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	18,231	100.0
With a disability	5,395	29.6
Percent employed	47.0	(X)
No disability	12,836	70.4
Percent employed	69.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,139	100.0
With a disability	2,634	51.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,148	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,730	64.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,308	35.2
Same county	7,847	24.4
Different county	3,461	10.8
Same state	1,066	3.3
Different state	2,395	7.4
Elsewhere in 1995	110	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,340	100.0
Native	33,859	98.6
Born in United States	33,698	98.1
State of residence	27,736	80.8
Different state	5,962	17.4
Born outside United States	161	0.5
Foreign born	481	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	205	0.6
Naturalized citizen	283	0.8
Not a citizen	198	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	481	100.0
Europe	104	21.6
Asia	236	49.1
Africa	23	4.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	118	24.5
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,148	100.0
English only	30,917	96.2
Language other than English	1,231	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	690	2.1
Spanish	707	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	428	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	249	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	77	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	263	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	185	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,340	100.0
Total ancestries reported	28,482	82.9
Arab	15	0.0
Czech¹	20	0.1
Danish	9	0.0
Dutch	165	0.5
English	1,994	5.8
French (except Basque)¹	567	1.7
French Canadian¹	104	0.3
German	1,279	3.7
Greek	7	0.0
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	1,906	5.6
Italian	568	1.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	56	0.2
Polish	43	0.1
Portuguese	4	0.0
Russian	12	0.0
Scotch-Irish	756	2.2
Scottish	351	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	167	0.5
Swedish	55	0.2
Swiss	6	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,968	8.6
Welsh	43	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	17,381	50.6

(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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