Belzoni, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2805140, place: Belzoni city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 851 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (8.11%)
Kindergarten: 42 (4.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 417 (49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 206 (24.21%)
College or graduate school: 117 (13.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,473 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 235 (15.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 295 (20.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 288 (19.55%)
Some college, no degree: 272 (18.47%)
Associate degree: 108 (7.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 206 (13.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 69 (4.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,951 (100%)
Never married: 800 (41%)
Now married, except separated: 701 (35.93%)
Separated: 93 (4.77%)
Total Widowed: 226 (11.58%)
Widowed Female: 205 (10.51%)
Total Divorced: 131 (6.71%)
Divorced Female: 73 (3.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 107 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (61.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,810 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 156 (8.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 745 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (7.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,345 (100%)
--With a disability: 366 (27.21%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 979 (72.79%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
Population 65 years and over: 300 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,409 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,387 (57.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,000 (41.51%)
--Same county: 844 (35.04%)
--Different county: 156 (6.48%)
----Same state: 106 (4.4%)
----Different state: 50 (2.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,622 (100%)
Native: 2,611 (99.58%)
--Born in United States: 2,607 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,380 (90.77%)
----Different state: 227 (8.66%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 11 (0.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 9 (81.82%)
Asia: 2 (18.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,409 (100%)
English only: 2,341 (97.18%)
Language other than English: 68 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (1.87%)
--Spanish: 47 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.87%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,622 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,113% (80.59%)
Arab: 6 (0.23%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (0.76%)
English: 54 (2.06%)
French (except Basque): 19 (0.72%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 52 (1.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.27%)
Irish: 156 (5.95%)
Italian: 31 (1.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.19%)
Polish: 5 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 60 (2.29%)
Scottish: 20 (0.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 61 (2.33%)
Swedish: 3 (0.11%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 143 (5.45%)
Welsh: 14 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,457 (55.57%)

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