Brandon, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2808300, place: Brandon city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,170 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 385 (9.23%)
Kindergarten: 250 (6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,832 (43.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 912 (21.87%)
College or graduate school: 791 (18.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,753 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 300 (2.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 800 (7.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,422 (22.52%)
Some college, no degree: 2,832 (26.34%)
Associate degree: 695 (6.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,586 (24.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,118 (10.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,977 (100%)
Never married: 2,859 (22.03%)
Now married, except separated: 7,741 (59.65%)
Separated: 204 (1.57%)
Total Widowed: 993 (7.65%)
Widowed Female: 870 (6.7%)
Total Divorced: 1,180 (9.09%)
Divorced Female: 698 (5.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 265 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 93 (35.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,203 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,653 (13.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,509 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (6.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,573 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,186 (12.39%)
----Percent employed: 62.2%
--No disability: 8,387 (87.61%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 1,591 (100%)
--With a disability: 710 (44.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,193 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,885 (45.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,070 (53.12%)
--Same county: 3,739 (24.61%)
--Different county: 4,331 (28.51%)
----Same state: 2,881 (18.96%)
----Different state: 1,450 (9.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 238 (1.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,334 (100%)
Native: 16,071 (98.39%)
--Born in United States: 15,937 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,665 (71.42%)
----Different state: 4,272 (26.15%)
--Born outside United States: 134 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 263 (1.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 158 (0.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 83 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 180 (1.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 263 (100%)
Europe: 43 (16.35%)
Asia: 122 (46.39%)
Africa: 27 (10.27%)
Oceania: 8 (3.04%)
Latin America: 53 (20.15%)
Northern America: 10 (3.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,193 (100%)
English only: 14,730 (96.95%)
Language other than English: 463 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 162 (1.07%)
--Spanish: 211 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 171 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 66 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,334 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,602% (77.15%)
Arab: 22 (0.13%)
Czech: 17 (0.1%)
Danish: 19 (0.12%)
Dutch: 124 (0.76%)
English: 1,590 (9.73%)
French (except Basque): 452 (2.77%)
French Canadian: 77 (0.47%)
German: 1,214 (7.43%)
Greek: 22 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.04%)
Irish: 1,630 (9.98%)
Italian: 199 (1.22%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 70 (0.43%)
Polish: 33 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 636 (3.89%)
Scottish: 318 (1.95%)
Slovak: 17 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 218 (1.33%)
Swedish: 32 (0.2%)
Swiss: 42 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 3,017 (18.47%)
Welsh: 67 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 31 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 2,730 (16.71%)

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