Biloxi, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2806220, place: Biloxi city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,284 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 854 (6.95%)
Kindergarten: 914 (7.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,240 (42.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,428 (19.77%)
College or graduate school: 2,848 (23.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 31,052 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,985 (6.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,634 (11.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,240 (26.54%)
Some college, no degree: 8,508 (27.4%)
Associate degree: 2,733 (8.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,719 (11.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,233 (7.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,193 (100%)
Never married: 11,812 (29.39%)
Now married, except separated: 19,164 (47.68%)
Separated: 971 (2.42%)
Total Widowed: 3,041 (7.57%)
Widowed Female: 2,399 (5.97%)
Total Divorced: 5,205 (12.95%)
Divorced Female: 2,822 (7.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 983 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 561 (57.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 33,691 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,618 (22.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,547 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,099 (10.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,415 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,606 (25.99%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 18,809 (74.01%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 5,896 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,978 (50.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,973 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,880 (42.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,718 (54.75%)
--Same county: 11,402 (24.27%)
--Different county: 14,316 (30.48%)
----Same state: 3,086 (6.57%)
----Different state: 11,230 (23.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,375 (2.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 50,713 (100%)
Native: 47,998 (94.65%)
--Born in United States: 46,747 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,429 (46.2%)
----Different state: 23,318 (45.98%)
--Born outside United States: 1,251 (2.47%)
Foreign born: 2,715 (5.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,197 (2.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,276 (2.52%)
--Not a citizen: 1,439 (2.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,715 (100%)
Europe: 524 (19.3%)
Asia: 1,688 (62.17%)
Africa: 31 (1.14%)
Oceania: 8 (0.29%)
Latin America: 370 (13.63%)
Northern America: 94 (3.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,973 (100%)
English only: 42,224 (89.89%)
Language other than English: 4,749 (10.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,821 (3.88%)
--Spanish: 1,621 (3.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 556 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 887 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 183 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,204 (4.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,062 (2.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 50,713 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 51,150% (100.86%)
Arab: 161 (0.32%)
Czech: 130 (0.26%)
Danish: 114 (0.22%)
Dutch: 592 (1.17%)
English: 4,335 (8.55%)
French (except Basque): 4,296 (8.47%)
French Canadian: 688 (1.36%)
German: 5,323 (10.5%)
Greek: 84 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 186 (0.37%)
Irish: 5,146 (10.15%)
Italian: 2,207 (4.35%)
Lithuanian: 43 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 360 (0.71%)
Polish: 717 (1.41%)
Portuguese: 101 (0.2%)
Russian: 146 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,284 (2.53%)
Scottish: 1,094 (2.16%)
Slovak: 40 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 382 (0.75%)
Swedish: 301 (0.59%)
Swiss: 98 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 76 (0.15%)
United States or American: 4,229 (8.34%)
Welsh: 293 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 119 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 18,605 (36.69%)

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