Fulton, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2826300, place: Fulton city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,274 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 51 (4%)
Kindergarten: 51 (4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 297 (23.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 159 (12.48%)
College or graduate school: 716 (56.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,286 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 294 (12.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 432 (18.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 576 (25.2%)
Some college, no degree: 512 (22.4%)
Associate degree: 102 (4.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 213 (9.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 157 (6.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,224 (100%)
Never married: 737 (22.86%)
Now married, except separated: 1,819 (56.42%)
Separated: 59 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 277 (8.59%)
Widowed Female: 211 (6.54%)
Total Divorced: 332 (10.3%)
Divorced Female: 226 (7.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 50 (90.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,119 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 312 (10%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,128 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (16.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 497 (28.55%)
----Percent employed: 47.3%
--No disability: 1,244 (71.45%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 569 (100%)
--With a disability: 231 (40.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,620 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,875 (51.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,724 (47.62%)
--Same county: 959 (26.49%)
--Different county: 765 (21.13%)
----Same state: 601 (16.6%)
----Different state: 164 (4.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,784 (100%)
Native: 3,750 (99.1%)
--Born in United States: 3,744 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,036 (80.23%)
----Different state: 708 (18.71%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 34 (0.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 21 (61.76%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (26.47%)
Northern America: 4 (11.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,620 (100%)
English only: 3,489 (96.38%)
Language other than English: 131 (3.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 80 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 36 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,784 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,360% (62.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 27 (0.71%)
English: 193 (5.1%)
French (except Basque): 24 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.13%)
German: 112 (2.96%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 257 (6.79%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.26%)
Polish: 5 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (1.45%)
Scottish: 34 (0.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.34%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 903 (23.86%)
Welsh: 6 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 711 (18.79%)

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