Charleston, MS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2812900, place: Charleston city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 619 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (6.46%)
Kindergarten: 53 (8.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 282 (45.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (24.39%)
College or graduate school: 93 (15.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,437 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 312 (21.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 275 (19.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 328 (22.83%)
Some college, no degree: 252 (17.54%)
Associate degree: 60 (4.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 140 (9.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (4.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,724 (100%)
Never married: 481 (27.9%)
Now married, except separated: 712 (41.3%)
Separated: 80 (4.64%)
Total Widowed: 256 (14.85%)
Widowed Female: 210 (12.18%)
Total Divorced: 195 (11.31%)
Divorced Female: 138 (8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 124 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (36.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,616 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 133 (8.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 577 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (12.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,100 (100%)
--With a disability: 302 (27.45%)
----Percent employed: 40.7%
--No disability: 798 (72.55%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 361 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (53.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,107 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,345 (63.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 758 (35.98%)
--Same county: 494 (23.45%)
--Different county: 264 (12.53%)
----Same state: 163 (7.74%)
----Different state: 101 (4.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,237 (100%)
Native: 2,211 (98.84%)
--Born in United States: 2,211 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,970 (88.06%)
----Different state: 241 (10.77%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 26 (1.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 11 (42.31%)
Asia: 15 (57.69%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,107 (100%)
English only: 2,026 (96.16%)
Language other than English: 81 (3.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1%)
--Spanish: 57 (2.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,237 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,807% (80.78%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (0.89%)
English: 104 (4.65%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 64 (2.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 96 (4.29%)
Italian: 15 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.58%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.22%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (1.83%)
Scottish: 11 (0.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.4%)
Swedish: 5 (0.22%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 205 (9.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,207 (53.96%)

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