Clinton, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2814420, place: Clinton city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,940 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 449 (5.65%)
Kindergarten: 329 (4.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,756 (34.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,384 (17.43%)
College or graduate school: 3,022 (38.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,313 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 396 (2.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 913 (6.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,664 (18.61%)
Some college, no degree: 3,372 (23.56%)
Associate degree: 1,166 (8.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,538 (24.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,264 (15.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,851 (100%)
Never married: 5,751 (30.51%)
Now married, except separated: 9,848 (52.24%)
Separated: 340 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 1,178 (6.25%)
Widowed Female: 1,018 (5.4%)
Total Divorced: 1,734 (9.2%)
Divorced Female: 1,165 (6.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 400 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 203 (50.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,737 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,277 (12.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,981 (100%)
--With a disability: 307 (5.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,389 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,894 (14.15%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
--No disability: 11,495 (85.85%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,512 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,137 (45.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,112 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,442 (51.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,472 (47.36%)
--Same county: 5,632 (25.47%)
--Different county: 4,840 (21.89%)
----Same state: 2,613 (11.82%)
----Different state: 2,227 (10.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 198 (0.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,406 (100%)
Native: 23,081 (98.61%)
--Born in United States: 22,892 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,790 (71.73%)
----Different state: 6,102 (26.07%)
--Born outside United States: 189 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 325 (1.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 92 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 167 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 158 (0.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 325 (100%)
Europe: 44 (13.54%)
Asia: 228 (70.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (1.85%)
Latin America: 39 (12%)
Northern America: 8 (2.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,112 (100%)
English only: 21,294 (96.3%)
Language other than English: 818 (3.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (0.97%)
--Spanish: 359 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 295 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 73 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,406 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,170% (86.17%)
Arab: 95 (0.41%)
Czech: 4 (0.02%)
Danish: 17 (0.07%)
Dutch: 379 (1.62%)
English: 2,272 (9.71%)
French (except Basque): 562 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 83 (0.35%)
German: 1,721 (7.35%)
Greek: 25 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.05%)
Irish: 2,086 (8.91%)
Italian: 293 (1.25%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 101 (0.43%)
Polish: 118 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,355 (5.79%)
Scottish: 620 (2.65%)
Slovak: 9 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 138 (0.59%)
Swedish: 177 (0.76%)
Swiss: 20 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.1%)
United States or American: 2,629 (11.23%)
Welsh: 112 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 7,304 (31.21%)

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