Simpson County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Simpson county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,941	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	362	5.2
Kindergarten	484	7.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,652	52.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,666	24.0
College or graduate school	777	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,269	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,020	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,367	19.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,101	35.3
Some college, no degree	3,153	18.3
Associate degree	751	4.3
Bachelor's degree	1,310	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	567	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	21,288	100.0
Never married	5,012	23.5
Now married, except separated	12,044	56.6
Separated	444	2.1
Widowed	1,809	8.5
Female	1,542	7.2
Divorced	1,979	9.3
Female	1,036	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	800	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	530	66.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,868	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,353	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,628	100.0
With a disability	519	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	15,045	100.0
With a disability	4,211	28.0
Percent employed	41.7	(X)
No disability	10,834	72.0
Percent employed	72.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,331	100.0
With a disability	1,794	53.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	25,698	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,839	65.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,698	33.8
Same county	4,917	19.1
Different county	3,781	14.7
Same state	2,770	10.8
Different state	1,011	3.9
Elsewhere in 1995	161	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	27,639	100.0
Native	27,381	99.1
Born in United States	27,296	98.8
State of residence	23,981	86.8
Different state	3,315	12.0
Born outside United States	85	0.3
Foreign born	258	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	150	0.5
Naturalized citizen	67	0.2
Not a citizen	191	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	258	100.0
Europe	36	14.0
Asia	66	25.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	154	59.7
Northern America	2	0.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	25,698	100.0
English only	25,204	98.1
Language other than English	494	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	163	0.6
Spanish	288	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	117	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	125	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	63	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	27,639	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,112	69.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	111	0.4
English	938	3.4
French (except Basque)¹	164	0.6
French Canadian¹	0	0.0
German	615	2.2
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	23	0.1
Irish¹	1,438	5.2
Italian	139	0.5
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	41	0.1
Polish	46	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	495	1.8
Scottish	234	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	120	0.4
Swedish	23	0.1
Swiss	4	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	5,241	19.0
Welsh	105	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	9,359	33.9

(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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