Arcola, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2801820, place: Arcola town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (4.69%)
Kindergarten: 19 (9.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 92 (47.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (23.44%)
College or graduate school: 27 (14.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 299 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (21.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 71 (23.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 97 (32.44%)
Some college, no degree: 42 (14.05%)
Associate degree: 8 (2.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 12 (4.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 404 (100%)
Never married: 194 (48.02%)
Now married, except separated: 100 (24.75%)
Separated: 29 (7.18%)
Total Widowed: 40 (9.9%)
Widowed Female: 32 (7.92%)
Total Divorced: 41 (10.15%)
Divorced Female: 31 (7.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (56.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 373 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12 (3.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 183 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (11.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 283 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (25.44%)
----Percent employed: 48.6%
--No disability: 211 (74.56%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (53.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 513 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 360 (70.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 147 (28.65%)
--Same county: 132 (25.73%)
--Different county: 15 (2.92%)
----Same state: 2 (0.39%)
----Different state: 13 (2.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (1.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 563 (100%)
Native: 561 (99.64%)
--Born in United States: 561 (100%)
----State of residence: 528 (93.78%)
----Different state: 33 (5.86%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 2 (100%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 513 (100%)
English only: 500 (97.47%)
Language other than English: 13 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.56%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 490% (87.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
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: 9 (1.6%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 481 (85.44%)

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