Columbus Afb, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2815420, place: Columbus AFB CDP, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 637 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (10.83%)
Kindergarten: 65 (10.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 256 (40.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 58 (9.11%)
College or graduate school: 189 (29.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 965 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7 (0.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 36 (3.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 102 (10.57%)
Some college, no degree: 254 (26.32%)
Associate degree: 84 (8.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 342 (35.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 140 (14.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,525 (100%)
Never married: 337 (22.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,152 (75.54%)
Separated: 23 (1.51%)
Total Widowed: 0 (0%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 13 (0.85%)
Divorced Female: 13 (0.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 738 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 150 (20.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 399 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (4.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 713 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (11.64%)
----Percent employed: 19.3%
--No disability: 630 (88.36%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
Population 65 years and over: 17 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,877 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 156 (8.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,593 (84.87%)
--Same county: 111 (5.91%)
--Different county: 1,482 (78.96%)
----Same state: 64 (3.41%)
----Different state: 1,418 (75.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 128 (6.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,151 (100%)
Native: 2,079 (96.65%)
--Born in United States: 1,991 (100%)
----State of residence: 269 (12.51%)
----Different state: 1,722 (80.06%)
--Born outside United States: 88 (4.09%)
Foreign born: 72 (3.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (1.3%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (2.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 72 (100%)
Europe: 14 (19.44%)
Asia: 26 (36.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 32 (44.44%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,877 (100%)
English only: 1,729 (92.12%)
Language other than English: 148 (7.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 61 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 54 (2.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,151 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,578% (119.85%)
Arab: 5 (0.23%)
Czech: 5 (0.23%)
Danish: 21 (0.98%)
Dutch: 41 (1.91%)
English: 212 (9.86%)
French (except Basque): 56 (2.6%)
French Canadian: 33 (1.53%)
German: 441 (20.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.37%)
Irish: 298 (13.85%)
Italian: 174 (8.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 41 (1.91%)
Polish: 23 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.33%)
Russian: 5 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (1.67%)
Scottish: 76 (3.53%)
Slovak: 7 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 52 (2.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.33%)
United States or American: 224 (10.41%)
Welsh: 8 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.6%)
Other ancestries: 785 (36.49%)

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