Alligator, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2800940, place: Alligator town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 62 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (4.84%)
Kindergarten: 11 (17.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 31 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 15 (24.19%)
College or graduate school: 2 (3.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 119 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (22.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 24 (20.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 41 (34.45%)
Some college, no degree: 15 (12.61%)
Associate degree: 4 (3.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 4 (3.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (3.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 131 (100%)
Never married: 32 (24.43%)
Now married, except separated: 61 (46.56%)
Separated: 1 (0.76%)
Total Widowed: 22 (16.79%)
Widowed Female: 17 (12.98%)
Total Divorced: 15 (11.45%)
Divorced Female: 13 (9.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (72.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 120 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12 (10%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 57 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (12.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 86 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (33.72%)
----Percent employed: 65.5%
--No disability: 57 (66.28%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
Population 65 years and over: 34 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (82.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 177 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 76 (42.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 101 (57.06%)
--Same county: 45 (25.42%)
--Different county: 56 (31.64%)
----Same state: 43 (24.29%)
----Different state: 13 (7.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 195 (100%)
Native: 195 (100%)
--Born in United States: 195 (100%)
----State of residence: 173 (88.72%)
----Different state: 22 (11.28%)
--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: 177 (100%)
English only: 175 (98.87%)
Language other than English: 2 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 195 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 122% (62.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 3 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 4 (2.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2 (1.03%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 113 (57.95%)

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