Clarksdale, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2813820, place: Clarksdale city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,337 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 701 (11.06%)
Kindergarten: 396 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,141 (49.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,433 (22.61%)
College or graduate school: 666 (10.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,889 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,678 (14.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,593 (21.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,489 (20.94%)
Some college, no degree: 2,257 (18.98%)
Associate degree: 705 (5.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,522 (12.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 645 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,040 (100%)
Never married: 5,310 (35.31%)
Now married, except separated: 5,880 (39.1%)
Separated: 740 (4.92%)
Total Widowed: 1,881 (12.51%)
Widowed Female: 1,531 (10.18%)
Total Divorced: 1,229 (8.17%)
Divorced Female: 763 (5.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 946 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 537 (56.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,855 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,253 (9.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,849 (100%)
--With a disability: 666 (11.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,034 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,944 (29.34%)
----Percent employed: 43.3%
--No disability: 7,090 (70.66%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,487 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,309 (52.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,819 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,821 (57.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,842 (41.67%)
--Same county: 5,976 (31.76%)
--Different county: 1,866 (9.92%)
----Same state: 931 (4.95%)
----Different state: 935 (4.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 156 (0.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,647 (100%)
Native: 20,463 (99.11%)
--Born in United States: 20,444 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,702 (85.74%)
----Different state: 2,742 (13.28%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 184 (0.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 81 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 96 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 88 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 184 (100%)
Europe: 32 (17.39%)
Asia: 87 (47.28%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (22.28%)
Northern America: 24 (13.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,819 (100%)
English only: 18,275 (97.11%)
Language other than English: 544 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 245 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 178 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 106 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,647 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,688% (80.83%)
Arab: 100 (0.48%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 75 (0.36%)
English: 745 (3.61%)
French (except Basque): 61 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.04%)
German: 205 (0.99%)
Greek: 42 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.04%)
Irish: 662 (3.21%)
Italian: 348 (1.69%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 34 (0.16%)
Polish: 43 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 333 (1.61%)
Scottish: 54 (0.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 217 (1.05%)
Swedish: 80 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,278 (6.19%)
Welsh: 43 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 12,342 (59.78%)

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