Canton, MS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2811100, place: Canton city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,935 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 398 (10.11%)
Kindergarten: 355 (9.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,070 (52.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 797 (20.25%)
College or graduate school: 315 (8.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,413 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,376 (18.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,918 (25.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,841 (24.83%)
Some college, no degree: 1,116 (15.05%)
Associate degree: 266 (3.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 622 (8.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 274 (3.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,510 (100%)
Never married: 4,322 (45.45%)
Now married, except separated: 2,839 (29.85%)
Separated: 613 (6.45%)
Total Widowed: 785 (8.25%)
Widowed Female: 665 (6.99%)
Total Divorced: 951 (10%)
Divorced Female: 629 (6.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 526 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 308 (58.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,881 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 645 (7.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,711 (100%)
--With a disability: 311 (8.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,207 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,686 (27.16%)
----Percent employed: 44.2%
--No disability: 4,521 (72.84%)
----Percent employed: 63.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,405 (100%)
--With a disability: 732 (52.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,999 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,526 (62.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,383 (36.53%)
--Same county: 3,145 (26.21%)
--Different county: 1,238 (10.32%)
----Same state: 692 (5.77%)
----Different state: 546 (4.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 90 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,140 (100%)
Native: 13,071 (99.47%)
--Born in United States: 13,030 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,189 (92.76%)
----Different state: 841 (6.4%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 69 (0.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 47 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 69 (100%)
Europe: 4 (5.8%)
Asia: 22 (31.88%)
Africa: 2 (2.9%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (59.42%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,999 (100%)
English only: 11,752 (97.94%)
Language other than English: 247 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 135 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,140 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,307% (78.44%)
Arab: 12 (0.09%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.07%)
Dutch: 27 (0.21%)
English: 391 (2.98%)
French (except Basque): 107 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.05%)
German: 239 (1.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 361 (2.75%)
Italian: 17 (0.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 181 (1.38%)
Scottish: 65 (0.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 91 (0.69%)
Swedish: 8 (0.06%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 429 (3.26%)
Welsh: 5 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 8,359 (63.61%)

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