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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Scott County, Mississippi |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
7,148 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
467 |
6.5 |
Kindergarten |
596 |
8.3 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,781 |
52.9 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,635 |
22.9 |
College or graduate school |
669 |
9.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
17,496 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
2,632 |
15.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
4,012 |
22.9 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
5,605 |
32.0 |
Some college, no degree |
3,037 |
17.4 |
Associate degree |
703 |
4.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
993 |
5.7 |
Graduate or professional degree |
514 |
2.9 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
62.0 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
8.6 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
21,663 |
100.0 |
Never married |
5,680 |
26.2 |
Now married, except separated |
11,302 |
52.2 |
Separated |
655 |
3.0 |
Widowed |
1,884 |
8.7 |
Female |
1,591 |
7.3 |
Divorced |
2,142 |
9.9 |
Female |
1,262 |
5.8 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,121 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
652 |
58.2 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
20,283 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
1,860 |
9.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
7,202 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
769 |
10.7 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
15,463 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,410 |
28.5 |
Percent employed |
51.5 |
(X) |
No disability |
11,053 |
71.5 |
Percent employed |
72.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
3,302 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,871 |
56.7 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,284 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
16,470 |
62.7 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
9,352 |
35.6 |
Same county |
5,852 |
22.3 |
Different county |
3,500 |
13.3 |
Same state |
1,911 |
7.3 |
Different state |
1,589 |
6.0 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
462 |
1.8 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
28,423 |
100.0 |
Native |
27,219 |
95.8 |
Born in United States |
27,153 |
95.5 |
State of residence |
23,436 |
82.5 |
Different state |
3,717 |
13.1 |
Born outside United States |
66 |
0.2 |
Foreign born |
1,204 |
4.2 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
764 |
2.7 |
Naturalized citizen |
183 |
0.6 |
Not a citizen |
1,021 |
3.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
1,204 |
100.0 |
Europe |
46 |
3.8 |
Asia |
48 |
4.0 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
3 |
0.2 |
Latin America |
1,107 |
91.9 |
Northern America |
0 |
0.0 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,284 |
100.0 |
English only |
24,412 |
92.9 |
Language other than English |
1,872 |
7.1 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
1,124 |
4.3 |
Spanish |
1,528 |
5.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,019 |
3.9 |
Other Indo-European languages |
115 |
0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
14 |
0.1 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
63 |
0.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4 |
0.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
28,423 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
20,375 |
71.7 |
Arab |
10 |
0.0 |
Czech1 |
6 |
0.0 |
Danish |
7 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
363 |
1.3 |
English |
819 |
2.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
221 |
0.8 |
French Canadian1 |
34 |
0.1 |
German |
483 |
1.7 |
Greek |
12 |
0.0 |
Hungarian |
26 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
1,548 |
5.4 |
Italian |
138 |
0.5 |
Lithuanian |
0 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
16 |
0.1 |
Polish |
28 |
0.1 |
Portuguese |
0 |
0.0 |
Russian |
4 |
0.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
340 |
1.2 |
Scottish |
129 |
0.5 |
Slovak |
0 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
103 |
0.4 |
Swedish |
22 |
0.1 |
Swiss |
8 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
0 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
4,092 |
14.4 |
Welsh |
63 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
3 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
11,900 |
41.9 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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