Leflore County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Leflore county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,798	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	843	7.1
Kindergarten	719	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,259	44.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,559	21.7
College or graduate school	2,418	20.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,581	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,278	15.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,934	22.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,543	25.7
Some college, no degree	3,589	16.6
Associate degree	811	3.8
Bachelor's degree	2,248	10.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,178	5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	61.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,613	100.0
Never married	11,048	38.6
Now married, except separated	11,167	39.0
Separated	1,441	5.0
Widowed	2,545	8.9
Female	2,078	7.3
Divorced	2,412	8.4
Female	1,310	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,507	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	874	58.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	26,642	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,218	8.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,595	100.0
With a disability	1,086	10.3

Population 21 to 64 years	18,495	100.0
With a disability	5,210	28.2
Percent employed	44.2	(X)
No disability	13,285	71.8
Percent employed	66.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,230	100.0
With a disability	2,347	55.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,986	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,915	56.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,520	41.5
Same county	10,180	29.1
Different county	4,340	12.4
Same state	2,785	8.0
Different state	1,555	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	551	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,947	100.0
Native	37,541	98.9
Born in United States	37,479	98.8
State of residence	33,763	89.0
Different state	3,716	9.8
Born outside United States	62	0.2
Foreign born	406	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	231	0.6
Naturalized citizen	83	0.2
Not a citizen	323	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	406	100.0
Europe	110	27.1
Asia	123	30.3
Africa	13	3.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	160	39.4
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,986	100.0
English only	33,948	97.0
Language other than English	1,038	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	338	1.0
Spanish	621	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	227	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	213	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	124	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,947	100.0
Total ancestries reported	29,370	77.4
Arab	41	0.1
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	12	0.0
Dutch	119	0.3
English	1,050	2.8
French (except Basque)¹	199	0.5
French Canadian¹	35	0.1
German	602	1.6
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,274	3.4
Italian	330	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	12	0.0
Polish	0	0.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	407	1.1
Scottish	181	0.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	395	1.0
Swedish	27	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	23	0.1
United States or American	2,055	5.4
Welsh	48	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	23	0.1
Other ancestries	22,537	59.4

(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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