Jefferson County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jefferson county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,748	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	196	7.1
Kindergarten	219	8.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,170	42.6
High school (grades 9-12)	744	27.1
College or graduate school	419	15.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,785	100.0
Less than 9th grade	770	13.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,562	27.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,628	28.1
Some college, no degree	1,083	18.7
Associate degree	127	2.2
Bachelor's degree	363	6.3
Graduate or professional degree	252	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	59.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,500	100.0
Never married	3,304	44.1
Now married, except separated	2,612	34.8
Separated	276	3.7
Widowed	629	8.4
Female	480	6.4
Divorced	679	9.1
Female	407	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	466	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	242	51.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	6,957	100.0
Civilian veterans	529	7.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,561	100.0
With a disability	208	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	4,746	100.0
With a disability	1,602	33.8
Percent employed	37.5	(X)
No disability	3,144	66.2
Percent employed	59.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,085	100.0
With a disability	574	52.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,029	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,414	71.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,474	27.4
Same county	1,376	15.2
Different county	1,098	12.2
Same state	740	8.2
Different state	358	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	141	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	9,740	100.0
Native	9,714	99.7
Born in United States	9,688	99.5
State of residence	8,786	90.2
Different state	902	9.3
Born outside United States	26	0.3
Foreign born	26	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2	0.0
Naturalized citizen	13	0.1
Not a citizen	13	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	26	100.0
Europe	11	42.3
Asia	3	11.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	12	46.2
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,029	100.0
English only	8,833	97.8
Language other than English	196	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	79	0.9
Spanish	120	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	65	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	9	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	9,740	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,617	78.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	4	0.0
English	135	1.4
French (except Basque)¹	37	0.4
French Canadian¹	17	0.2
German	77	0.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	197	2.0
Italian	62	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	0	0.0
Polish	0	0.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	46	0.5
Scottish	8	0.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	202	2.1
Swedish	14	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	278	2.9
Welsh	16	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.1
Other ancestries	6,514	66.9

(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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