Prentiss County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Prentiss county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,548100.0
Nursery school, preschool3044.6
Kindergarten3375.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,95545.1
High school (grades 9-12)1,36620.9
College or graduate school1,58624.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over16,114100.0
Less than 9th grade2,23113.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,42321.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,04931.3
Some college, no degree2,77517.2
Associate degree1,0346.4
Bachelor's degree9135.7
Graduate or professional degree6894.3
Percent high school graduate or higher64.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher9.9(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over20,250100.0
Never married4,21720.8
Now married, except separated11,61957.4
Separated3631.8
Widowed1,8789.3
Female
1,5637.7
Divorced2,17310.7
Female
1,1415.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years449100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren26559.0
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over19,124100.0
Civilian veterans1,98710.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,335100.0
With a disability3916.2
Population 21 to 64 years13,922100.0
With a disability3,74426.9
Percent employed
44.4(X)
No disability10,17873.1
Percent employed
76.6(X)
Population 65 years and over3,364100.0
With a disability1,82654.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over23,816100.0
Same house in 199515,28164.2
Different house in the U.S. in 19958,50635.7
Same county
5,00421.0
Different county
3,50214.7
Same state
2,52410.6
Different state
9784.1
Elsewhere in 1995290.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population25,556100.0
Native25,46699.6
Born in United States
25,40999.4
State of residence
21,20783.0
Different state
4,20216.4
Born outside United States
570.2
Foreign born900.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
300.1
Naturalized citizen
510.2
Not a citizen
390.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)90100.0
Europe3134.4
Asia3538.9
Africa00.0
Oceania55.6
Latin America1921.1
Northern America00.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over23,816100.0
English only23,27897.7
Language other than English5382.3
Speak English less than 'very well
1130.5
Spanish
3161.3
Speak English less than "very well"
630.3
Other Indo-European languages
1710.7
Speak English less than "very well"
210.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
340.1
Speak English less than "very well"
290.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population25,556100.0

Total ancestries reported

16,98866.5
Arab90.0
Czech150.0
Danish70.0
Dutch2360.9
English1,8107.1
French (except Basque)12220.9
French Canadian1250.1
German9173.6
Greek90.0
Hungarian00.0
Irish12,4809.7
Italian1680.7
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian310.1
Polish1020.4
Portuguese00.0
Russian130.1
Scotch-Irish2451.0
Scottish2591.0
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African670.3
Swedish500.2
Swiss470.2
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American5,18420.3
Welsh240.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)60.0
Other ancestries5,07219.8
(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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