Houston, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2833900, place: Houston city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 880 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (6.36%)
Kindergarten: 95 (10.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 426 (48.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 217 (24.66%)
College or graduate school: 86 (9.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,635 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 371 (14.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 560 (21.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 841 (31.92%)
Some college, no degree: 489 (18.56%)
Associate degree: 84 (3.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 198 (7.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 92 (3.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,271 (100%)
Never married: 973 (29.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,511 (46.19%)
Separated: 64 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 309 (9.45%)
Widowed Female: 249 (7.61%)
Total Divorced: 414 (12.66%)
Divorced Female: 232 (7.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 115 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 67 (58.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,080 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 299 (9.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 885 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (6.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,200 (100%)
--With a disability: 593 (26.95%)
----Percent employed: 45.2%
--No disability: 1,607 (73.05%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 608 (100%)
--With a disability: 358 (58.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,813 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,284 (59.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,516 (39.76%)
--Same county: 961 (25.2%)
--Different county: 555 (14.56%)
----Same state: 419 (10.99%)
----Different state: 136 (3.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,093 (100%)
Native: 3,975 (97.12%)
--Born in United States: 3,975 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,711 (90.67%)
----Different state: 264 (6.45%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 118 (2.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 84 (2.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (2.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 118 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 112 (94.92%)
Northern America: 6 (5.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,813 (100%)
English only: 3,627 (95.12%)
Language other than English: 186 (4.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (2.65%)
--Spanish: 172 (4.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (2.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,093 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,106% (75.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (0.68%)
English: 335 (8.18%)
French (except Basque): 16 (0.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 75 (1.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 261 (6.38%)
Italian: 44 (1.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (1.27%)
Scottish: 26 (0.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.66%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 468 (11.43%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,768 (43.2%)

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