Lincoln County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lincoln county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,437	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	615	7.3
Kindergarten	477	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,231	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,965	23.3
College or graduate school	1,149	13.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,074	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,979	9.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,930	18.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,652	31.6
Some college, no degree	4,586	21.8
Associate degree	1,311	6.2
Bachelor's degree	1,740	8.3
Graduate or professional degree	876	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,897	100.0
Never married	5,660	21.9
Now married, except separated	14,949	57.7
Separated	636	2.5
Widowed	2,316	8.9
Female	1,979	7.6
Divorced	2,336	9.0
Female	1,257	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	912	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	539	59.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,281	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,590	10.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,883	100.0
With a disability	712	9.0

Population 21 to 64 years	18,258	100.0
With a disability	4,227	23.2
Percent employed	47.0	(X)
No disability	14,031	76.8
Percent employed	71.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,200	100.0
With a disability	2,198	52.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,880	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,707	60.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,039	39.0
Same county	7,021	22.7
Different county	5,018	16.3
Same state	3,284	10.6
Different state	1,734	5.6
Elsewhere in 1995	134	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,166	100.0
Native	32,960	99.4
Born in United States	32,902	99.2
State of residence	27,652	83.4
Different state	5,250	15.8
Born outside United States	58	0.2
Foreign born	206	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	61	0.2
Naturalized citizen	55	0.2
Not a citizen	151	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	206	100.0
Europe	42	20.4
Asia	52	25.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	105	51.0
Northern America	7	3.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,880	100.0
English only	30,141	97.6
Language other than English	739	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	226	0.7
Spanish	463	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	170	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	130	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	86	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,166	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,990	75.3
Arab	60	0.2
Czech¹	13	0.0
Danish	13	0.0
Dutch	140	0.4
English	2,383	7.2
French (except Basque)¹	530	1.6
French Canadian¹	144	0.4
German	1,034	3.1
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,995	6.0
Italian	199	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	27	0.1
Polish	39	0.1
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	42	0.1
Scotch-Irish	623	1.9
Scottish	287	0.9
Slovak	22	0.1
Subsaharan African	118	0.4
Swedish	38	0.1
Swiss	30	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	7,129	21.5
Welsh	12	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	10,100	30.5

(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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