Bassfield, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2803580, place: Bassfield town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 56 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (17.86%)
Kindergarten: 3 (5.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 14 (25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22 (39.29%)
College or graduate school: 7 (12.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 199 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (10.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (21.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 53 (26.63%)
Some college, no degree: 38 (19.1%)
Associate degree: 8 (4.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (11.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (7.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 245 (100%)
Never married: 63 (25.71%)
Now married, except separated: 87 (35.51%)
Separated: 6 (2.45%)
Total Widowed: 72 (29.39%)
Widowed Female: 58 (23.67%)
Total Divorced: 17 (6.94%)
Divorced Female: 10 (4.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (77.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 231 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 35 (15.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 41 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (9.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (35.25%)
----Percent employed: 67.4%
--No disability: 79 (64.75%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (47.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 261 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 180 (68.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 81 (31.03%)
--Same county: 28 (10.73%)
--Different county: 53 (20.31%)
----Same state: 38 (14.56%)
----Different state: 15 (5.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 285 (100%)
Native: 283 (99.3%)
--Born in United States: 283 (100%)
----State of residence: 260 (91.23%)
----Different state: 23 (8.07%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.7%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 261 (100%)
English only: 261 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--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: 285 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 206% (72.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 12 (4.21%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 5 (1.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 41 (14.39%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (6.67%)
Scottish: 7 (2.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (2.11%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 20 (7.02%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 94 (32.98%)

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