Gautier, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2826860, place: Gautier city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,061 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 191 (6.24%)
Kindergarten: 232 (7.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,618 (52.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 518 (16.92%)
College or graduate school: 502 (16.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,217 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 246 (3.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 959 (13.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,110 (29.24%)
Some college, no degree: 2,037 (28.23%)
Associate degree: 609 (8.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 843 (11.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 413 (5.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,929 (100%)
Never married: 1,952 (21.86%)
Now married, except separated: 5,221 (58.47%)
Separated: 243 (2.72%)
Total Widowed: 559 (6.26%)
Widowed Female: 418 (4.68%)
Total Divorced: 954 (10.68%)
Divorced Female: 555 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 401 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 258 (64.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,201 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,580 (19.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,831 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (11.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,782 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,642 (24.21%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 5,140 (75.79%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 988 (100%)
--With a disability: 461 (46.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,850 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,030 (55.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,700 (43.32%)
--Same county: 2,596 (23.93%)
--Different county: 2,104 (19.39%)
----Same state: 515 (4.75%)
----Different state: 1,589 (14.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 120 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,769 (100%)
Native: 11,497 (97.69%)
--Born in United States: 11,425 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,280 (53.36%)
----Different state: 5,145 (43.72%)
--Born outside United States: 72 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 272 (2.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 85 (0.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 130 (1.1%)
--Not a citizen: 142 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 272 (100%)
Europe: 47 (17.28%)
Asia: 128 (47.06%)
Africa: 12 (4.41%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 68 (25%)
Northern America: 17 (6.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,850 (100%)
English only: 10,222 (94.21%)
Language other than English: 628 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 261 (2.41%)
--Spanish: 291 (2.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (1.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 224 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 113 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (0.66%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,769 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,096% (94.28%)
Arab: 19 (0.16%)
Czech: 18 (0.15%)
Danish: 37 (0.31%)
Dutch: 115 (0.98%)
English: 979 (8.32%)
French (except Basque): 444 (3.77%)
French Canadian: 124 (1.05%)
German: 931 (7.91%)
Greek: 23 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.2%)
Irish: 1,125 (9.56%)
Italian: 170 (1.44%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 81 (0.69%)
Polish: 164 (1.39%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.25%)
Russian: 23 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 193 (1.64%)
Scottish: 297 (2.52%)
Slovak: 9 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.24%)
Swedish: 53 (0.45%)
Swiss: 42 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.08%)
United States or American: 1,549 (13.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,602 (39.1%)

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