Artesia, MS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2802100, place: Artesia town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 157 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (6.37%)
Kindergarten: 8 (5.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 95 (60.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 28 (17.83%)
College or graduate school: 16 (10.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 275 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (14.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61 (22.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 130 (47.27%)
Some college, no degree: 25 (9.09%)
Associate degree: 2 (0.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 6 (2.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 332 (100%)
Never married: 144 (43.37%)
Now married, except separated: 111 (33.43%)
Separated: 32 (9.64%)
Total Widowed: 25 (7.53%)
Widowed Female: 19 (5.72%)
Total Divorced: 20 (6.02%)
Divorced Female: 8 (2.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (39.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 309 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 20 (6.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 140 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (3.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 249 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (26.1%)
----Percent employed: 33.8%
--No disability: 184 (73.9%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 46 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (43.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 435 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 308 (70.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 127 (29.2%)
--Same county: 107 (24.6%)
--Different county: 20 (4.6%)
----Same state: 14 (3.22%)
----Different state: 6 (1.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 479 (100%)
Native: 478 (99.79%)
--Born in United States: 478 (100%)
----State of residence: 432 (90.19%)
----Different state: 46 (9.6%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 1 (100%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 435 (100%)
English only: 430 (98.85%)
Language other than English: 5 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 479 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 403% (84.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.84%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.42%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 8 (1.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 9 (1.88%)
Italian: 2 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.42%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.42%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 8 (1.67%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 366 (76.41%)

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