Edwards, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2821580, place: Edwards town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 368 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (8.7%)
Kindergarten: 13 (3.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 166 (45.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 94 (25.54%)
College or graduate school: 63 (17.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 831 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 99 (11.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 191 (22.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 212 (25.51%)
Some college, no degree: 175 (21.06%)
Associate degree: 59 (7.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 72 (8.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (2.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,039 (100%)
Never married: 422 (40.62%)
Now married, except separated: 349 (33.59%)
Separated: 45 (4.33%)
Total Widowed: 109 (10.49%)
Widowed Female: 95 (9.14%)
Total Divorced: 114 (10.97%)
Divorced Female: 61 (5.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (45.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 963 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 108 (11.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 325 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (4.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (30.05%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 519 (69.95%)
----Percent employed: 68.4%
Population 65 years and over: 155 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (65.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,230 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 788 (64.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 431 (35.04%)
--Same county: 361 (29.35%)
--Different county: 70 (5.69%)
----Same state: 31 (2.52%)
----Different state: 39 (3.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,318 (100%)
Native: 1,315 (99.77%)
--Born in United States: 1,307 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,129 (85.66%)
----Different state: 178 (13.51%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 1 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,230 (100%)
English only: 1,208 (98.21%)
Language other than English: 22 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,318 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 956% (72.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.38%)
English: 17 (1.29%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 17 (1.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 13 (0.99%)
Italian: 3 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (2.05%)
Scottish: 3 (0.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.68%)
Swedish: 6 (0.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 43 (3.26%)
Welsh: 3 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 795 (60.32%)

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