Abbeville, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2800100, place: Abbeville town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 101 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (1.98%)
Kindergarten: 3 (2.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 53 (52.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10 (9.9%)
College or graduate school: 33 (32.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 322 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (11.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 72 (22.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 97 (30.12%)
Some college, no degree: 68 (21.12%)
Associate degree: 17 (5.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 21 (6.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (3.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 379 (100%)
Never married: 54 (14.25%)
Now married, except separated: 258 (68.07%)
Separated: 6 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 31 (8.18%)
Widowed Female: 25 (6.6%)
Total Divorced: 30 (7.92%)
Divorced Female: 19 (5.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 369 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 45 (12.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 87 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (6.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 281 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (10.68%)
----Percent employed: 40%
--No disability: 251 (89.32%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (57.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 437 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 278 (63.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 159 (36.38%)
--Same county: 95 (21.74%)
--Different county: 64 (14.65%)
----Same state: 45 (10.3%)
----Different state: 19 (4.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 451 (100%)
Native: 451 (100%)
--Born in United States: 451 (100%)
----State of residence: 354 (78.49%)
----Different state: 97 (21.51%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 437 (100%)
English only: 431 (98.63%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 451 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 275% (60.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (4.21%)
English: 21 (4.66%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 19 (4.21%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 46 (10.2%)
Italian: 8 (1.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (2.44%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (1.33%)
Scottish: 12 (2.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 54 (11.97%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 73 (16.19%)

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