Aberdeen, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2800180, place: Aberdeen city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,810 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 176 (9.72%)
Kindergarten: 83 (4.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 938 (51.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 492 (27.18%)
College or graduate school: 121 (6.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,887 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 519 (13.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,045 (26.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 943 (24.26%)
Some college, no degree: 658 (16.93%)
Associate degree: 151 (3.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 395 (10.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 176 (4.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,857 (100%)
Never married: 1,610 (33.15%)
Now married, except separated: 1,971 (40.58%)
Separated: 238 (4.9%)
Total Widowed: 585 (12.04%)
Widowed Female: 491 (10.11%)
Total Divorced: 453 (9.33%)
Divorced Female: 284 (5.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 236 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 153 (64.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,505 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 355 (7.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (8.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 861 (27.3%)
----Percent employed: 46.3%
--No disability: 2,293 (72.7%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
Population 65 years and over: 784 (100%)
--With a disability: 380 (48.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,960 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,579 (60.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,312 (38.79%)
--Same county: 1,728 (28.99%)
--Different county: 584 (9.8%)
----Same state: 363 (6.09%)
----Different state: 221 (3.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (1.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,471 (100%)
Native: 6,436 (99.46%)
--Born in United States: 6,436 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,694 (87.99%)
----Different state: 742 (11.47%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 35 (0.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 35 (100%)
Europe: 23 (65.71%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (34.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,960 (100%)
English only: 5,834 (97.89%)
Language other than English: 126 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.35%)
--Spanish: 67 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,471 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,218% (80.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.08%)
Dutch: 6 (0.09%)
English: 174 (2.69%)
French (except Basque): 27 (0.42%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.26%)
German: 102 (1.58%)
Greek: 17 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 268 (4.14%)
Italian: 89 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 96 (1.48%)
Scottish: 23 (0.36%)
Slovak: 7 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 50 (0.77%)
Swedish: 7 (0.11%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 737 (11.39%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,593 (55.52%)

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