Florence, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2824980, place: Florence town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 622 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (9.97%)
Kindergarten: 44 (7.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 288 (46.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 135 (21.7%)
College or graduate school: 93 (14.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,466 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (3.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 139 (9.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 441 (30.08%)
Some college, no degree: 417 (28.44%)
Associate degree: 111 (7.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 214 (14.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 92 (6.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,773 (100%)
Never married: 335 (18.89%)
Now married, except separated: 1,095 (61.76%)
Separated: 31 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 131 (7.39%)
Widowed Female: 121 (6.82%)
Total Divorced: 181 (10.21%)
Divorced Female: 117 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (63.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,647 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 201 (12.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 569 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (10.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,307 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (12.78%)
----Percent employed: 46.1%
--No disability: 1,140 (87.22%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 259 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (59.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,144 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 922 (43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,211 (56.48%)
--Same county: 588 (27.43%)
--Different county: 623 (29.06%)
----Same state: 450 (20.99%)
----Different state: 173 (8.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,350 (100%)
Native: 2,327 (99.02%)
--Born in United States: 2,312 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,859 (79.11%)
----Different state: 453 (19.28%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 23 (0.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.38%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 4 (17.39%)
Asia: 5 (21.74%)
Africa: 11 (47.83%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (13.04%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,144 (100%)
English only: 2,096 (97.76%)
Language other than English: 48 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.33%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,350 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,836% (78.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.13%)
English: 253 (10.77%)
French (except Basque): 67 (2.85%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 158 (6.72%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 238 (10.13%)
Italian: 45 (1.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.21%)
Polish: 4 (0.17%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.21%)
Russian: 2 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 85 (3.62%)
Scottish: 43 (1.83%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.6%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 465 (19.79%)
Welsh: 4 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 440 (18.72%)

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