Clay County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clay county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,257100.0
Nursery school, preschool4016.4
Kindergarten4156.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,01848.2
High school (grades 9-12)1,41022.5
College or graduate school1,01316.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over13,441100.0
Less than 9th grade1,45010.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,77520.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)4,26231.7
Some college, no degree2,41418.0
Associate degree5784.3
Bachelor's degree1,47411.0
Graduate or professional degree4883.6
Percent high school graduate or higher68.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over16,755100.0
Never married4,89629.2
Now married, except separated8,04848.0
Separated6043.6
Widowed1,5669.3
Female
1,3618.1
Divorced1,6419.8
Female
9245.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years867100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren56565.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over15,587100.0
Civilian veterans1,65710.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,721100.0
With a disability4467.8
Population 21 to 64 years11,578100.0
With a disability2,96525.6
Percent employed
49.9(X)
No disability8,61374.4
Percent employed
73.2(X)
Population 65 years and over2,770100.0
With a disability1,34148.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over20,386100.0
Same house in 199512,97163.6
Different house in the U.S. in 19957,30135.8
Same county
4,80623.6
Different county
2,49512.2
Same state
1,4637.2
Different state
1,0325.1
Elsewhere in 19951140.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population21,979100.0
Native21,87599.5
Born in United States
21,82699.3
State of residence
18,76785.4
Different state
3,05913.9
Born outside United States
490.2
Foreign born1040.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
550.3
Naturalized citizen
570.3
Not a citizen
470.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)104100.0
Europe3230.8
Asia2221.2
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America4442.3
Northern America65.8
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over20,386100.0
English only19,92997.8
Language other than English4572.2
Speak English less than 'very well
1560.8
Spanish
1850.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1070.5
Other Indo-European languages
2361.2
Speak English less than "very well"
380.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
270.1
Speak English less than "very well"
110.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population21,979100.0

Total ancestries reported

17,42179.3
Arab00.0
Czech180.0
Danish00.0
Dutch1030.5
English9414.3
French (except Basque)12571.2
French Canadian1520.2
German6913.1
Greek00.0
Hungarian90.0
Irish11,0334.7
Italian940.4
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian180.1
Polish230.1
Portuguese00.0
Russian280.1
Scotch-Irish3161.4
Scottish1480.7
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African680.3
Swedish150.1
Swiss90.0
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American1,5937.2
Welsh350.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)480.2
Other ancestries11,93254.3
(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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