Noxubee County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Noxubee county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,505	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	163	4.7
Kindergarten	204	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,849	52.8
High school (grades 9-12)	902	25.7
College or graduate school	387	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,456	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,395	18.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,707	22.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,283	30.6
Some college, no degree	989	13.3
Associate degree	268	3.6
Bachelor's degree	571	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	243	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	58.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,337	100.0
Never married	3,273	35.1
Now married, except separated	4,178	44.7
Separated	344	3.7
Widowed	885	9.5
Female	727	7.8
Divorced	657	7.0
Female	362	3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	595	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	325	54.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	8,695	100.0
Civilian veterans	632	7.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,412	100.0
With a disability	290	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	6,388	100.0
With a disability	2,080	32.6
Percent employed	44.3	(X)
No disability	4,308	67.4
Percent employed	63.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,549	100.0
With a disability	773	49.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,531	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,247	71.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,192	27.7
Same county	2,252	19.5
Different county	940	8.2
Same state	450	3.9
Different state	490	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	92	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,548	100.0
Native	12,428	99.0
Born in United States	12,400	98.8
State of residence	10,710	85.4
Different state	1,690	13.5
Born outside United States	28	0.2
Foreign born	120	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	87	0.7
Naturalized citizen	21	0.2
Not a citizen	99	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	120	100.0
Europe	17	14.2
Asia	8	6.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	70	58.3
Northern America	25	20.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,531	100.0
English only	11,213	97.2
Language other than English	318	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	106	0.9
Spanish	177	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	128	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	45	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,548	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,008	79.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	6	0.0
Dutch	30	0.2
English	375	3.0
French (except Basque)¹	51	0.4
French Canadian¹	2	0.0
German	478	3.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	208	1.7
Italian	9	0.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	0	0.0
Polish	101	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	57	0.5
Scotch-Irish	121	1.0
Scottish	38	0.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	70	0.6
Swedish	27	0.2
Swiss	85	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	932	7.4
Welsh	0	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	7,418	59.1

(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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