Grenada, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2829460, place: Grenada city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,017 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 371 (9.24%)
Kindergarten: 260 (6.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,093 (52.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 841 (20.94%)
College or graduate school: 452 (11.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,271 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,303 (14.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,095 (22.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,493 (26.89%)
Some college, no degree: 1,734 (18.7%)
Associate degree: 322 (3.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 937 (10.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 387 (4.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,559 (100%)
Never married: 3,290 (28.46%)
Now married, except separated: 5,285 (45.72%)
Separated: 475 (4.11%)
Total Widowed: 1,291 (11.17%)
Widowed Female: 1,104 (9.55%)
Total Divorced: 1,218 (10.54%)
Divorced Female: 757 (6.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 588 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 414 (70.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,822 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,183 (10.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 343 (9.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,686 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,493 (32.44%)
----Percent employed: 52.8%
--No disability: 5,193 (67.56%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,281 (59.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,942 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,924 (56.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,898 (42.3%)
--Same county: 3,597 (25.8%)
--Different county: 2,301 (16.5%)
----Same state: 1,257 (9.02%)
----Different state: 1,044 (7.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 120 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,018 (100%)
Native: 14,805 (98.58%)
--Born in United States: 14,788 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,660 (84.3%)
----Different state: 2,128 (14.17%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.11%)
Foreign born: 213 (1.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 123 (0.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 167 (1.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 213 (100%)
Europe: 37 (17.37%)
Asia: 126 (59.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 44 (20.66%)
Northern America: 6 (2.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,942 (100%)
English only: 13,456 (96.51%)
Language other than English: 486 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 182 (1.31%)
--Spanish: 208 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 174 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 52 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,018 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,591% (83.84%)
Arab: 12 (0.08%)
Czech: 6 (0.04%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 110 (0.73%)
English: 801 (5.33%)
French (except Basque): 91 (0.61%)
French Canadian: 34 (0.23%)
German: 480 (3.2%)
Greek: 7 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.19%)
Irish: 692 (4.61%)
Italian: 240 (1.6%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 23 (0.15%)
Polish: 21 (0.14%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 206 (1.37%)
Scottish: 148 (0.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 94 (0.63%)
Swedish: 9 (0.06%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,762 (11.73%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,826 (52.11%)

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