Caledonia, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2810460, place: Caledonia town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 282 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (7.8%)
Kindergarten: 13 (4.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 149 (52.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (21.63%)
College or graduate school: 37 (13.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 601 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 57 (9.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 64 (10.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 205 (34.11%)
Some college, no degree: 125 (20.8%)
Associate degree: 47 (7.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 85 (14.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 739 (100%)
Never married: 136 (18.4%)
Now married, except separated: 453 (61.3%)
Separated: 18 (2.44%)
Total Widowed: 59 (7.98%)
Widowed Female: 49 (6.63%)
Total Divorced: 73 (9.88%)
Divorced Female: 56 (7.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (12.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 680 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 117 (17.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 252 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (3.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 539 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (21.34%)
----Percent employed: 56.5%
--No disability: 424 (78.66%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 101 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (46.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 904 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 490 (54.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 412 (45.58%)
--Same county: 192 (21.24%)
--Different county: 220 (24.34%)
----Same state: 111 (12.28%)
----Different state: 109 (12.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 985 (100%)
Native: 968 (98.27%)
--Born in United States: 945 (100%)
----State of residence: 585 (59.39%)
----Different state: 360 (36.55%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (2.34%)
Foreign born: 17 (1.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (1.52%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 4 (23.53%)
Asia: 13 (76.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 904 (100%)
English only: 873 (96.57%)
Language other than English: 31 (3.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.11%)
--Spanish: 18 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 985 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 837% (84.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (1.42%)
English: 124 (12.59%)
French (except Basque): 19 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 86 (8.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.91%)
Irish: 85 (8.63%)
Italian: 7 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (2.64%)
Scottish: 21 (2.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 216 (21.93%)
Welsh: 15 (1.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 215 (21.83%)

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