Collins, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2815140, place: Collins city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 629 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (6.84%)
Kindergarten: 23 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 316 (50.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 185 (29.41%)
College or graduate school: 62 (9.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,689 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 210 (12.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 430 (25.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 433 (25.64%)
Some college, no degree: 290 (17.17%)
Associate degree: 45 (2.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 100 (5.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 181 (10.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,050 (100%)
Never married: 662 (32.29%)
Now married, except separated: 923 (45.02%)
Separated: 64 (3.12%)
Total Widowed: 207 (10.1%)
Widowed Female: 155 (7.56%)
Total Divorced: 194 (9.46%)
Divorced Female: 129 (6.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 133 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (52.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,924 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 301 (15.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 603 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (6.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,172 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (29.01%)
----Percent employed: 27.9%
--No disability: 832 (70.99%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
Population 65 years and over: 345 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (55.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,416 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,542 (63.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 853 (35.31%)
--Same county: 492 (20.36%)
--Different county: 361 (14.94%)
----Same state: 244 (10.1%)
----Different state: 117 (4.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,657 (100%)
Native: 2,631 (99.02%)
--Born in United States: 2,596 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,226 (83.78%)
----Different state: 370 (13.93%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (1.32%)
Foreign born: 26 (0.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (69.23%)
Northern America: 8 (30.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,416 (100%)
English only: 2,283 (94.5%)
Language other than English: 133 (5.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 63 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 54 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,657 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,729% (65.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 78 (2.94%)
French (except Basque): 16 (0.6%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.34%)
German: 34 (1.28%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 62 (2.33%)
Italian: 6 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (2.18%)
Scottish: 32 (1.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (1.47%)
Swedish: 8 (0.3%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 256 (9.63%)
Welsh: 9 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,122 (42.23%)

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