Guntown, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2829940, place: Guntown town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 428 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (5.37%)
Kindergarten: 17 (3.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 271 (63.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 90 (21.03%)
College or graduate school: 27 (6.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 654 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 48 (7.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (23.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 215 (32.87%)
Some college, no degree: 130 (19.88%)
Associate degree: 32 (4.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (9.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 782 (100%)
Never married: 181 (23.15%)
Now married, except separated: 458 (58.57%)
Separated: 19 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 46 (5.88%)
Widowed Female: 34 (4.35%)
Total Divorced: 78 (9.97%)
Divorced Female: 51 (6.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 712 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 79 (11.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 412 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (4.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 575 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (28.17%)
----Percent employed: 27.2%
--No disability: 413 (71.83%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 106 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,093 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 669 (61.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 424 (38.79%)
--Same county: 257 (23.51%)
--Different county: 167 (15.28%)
----Same state: 110 (10.06%)
----Different state: 57 (5.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,205 (100%)
Native: 1,205 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,198 (100%)
----State of residence: 885 (73.44%)
----Different state: 313 (25.98%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,093 (100%)
English only: 1,091 (99.82%)
Language other than English: 2 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 1,205 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 941% (78.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.25%)
English: 70 (5.81%)
French (except Basque): 1 (0.08%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.33%)
German: 50 (4.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 71 (5.89%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 13 (1.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (1.24%)
Scottish: 7 (0.58%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.41%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 287 (23.82%)
Welsh: 2 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 413 (34.27%)

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