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DP-2. Social Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: Forrest County, Mississippi

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf390.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

68,314

Urban population

51,848

Rural population

16,466

Farm population

490

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

23,219

Preprimary school

1,292

Elementary or high school

12,197

Percent in private school

4.7

College

9,730

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

38,761

Less than 9th grade

4,343

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

6,490

High school graduate

10,983

Some college, no degree

7,526

Associate degree

1,747

Bachelor's degree

4,704

Graduate or professional degree

2,968

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

72.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

19.8

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

63,327

Lived in same house

31,260

Lived in different house in U.S.

31,489

Same state

25,760

Same county

15,504

Different county

10,256

Different state

5,729

Lived abroad

578

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

43,619

With a mobility or self-care limitation

2,289

With a mobility limitation

1,057

With a self-care limitation

1,743

With a work disability

4,413

In labor force

1,317

Prevented from working

2,711

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

7,657

With a mobility or self-care limitation

1,998

With a mobility limitation

1,697

With a self-care limitation

1,204

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

286

Women 25 to 34 years

1,413

Women 35 to 44 years

2,269

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

6,347

65 years and over

1,886

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

68,314

Native population

67,245

Percent born in state of residence

77.0

Foreign-born population

1,069

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

525

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

63,327

Speak a language other than English

2,156

Do not speak English "very well"

651

Speak Spanish

1,052

Do not speak English "very well"

280

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

300

Do not speak English "very well"

173

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

72,934

Arab

260

Austrian

23

Belgian

18

Canadian

34

Czech

74

Danish

115

Dutch

842

English

7,637

Finnish

43

French (except Basque)

2,539

French Canadian

701

German

6,566

Greek

141

Hungarian

100

Irish

10,623

Italian

1,338

Lithuanian

34

Norwegian

143

Polish

163

Portuguese

0

Romanian

8

Russian

60

Scotch-Irish

3,090

Scottish

1,497

Slovak

46

Subsaharan African

68

Swedish

269

Swiss

46

Ukrainian

18

United States or American

9,911

Welsh

275

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

24

Yugoslavian

5

Other ancestries

26,223

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
             Matrices P1, P6, P13, P28, P33, P34, P36, P38, P39, P42, P43, P54, P58, P64, P66, P69.