U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

Itta Bena, MS

Leflore County, Mississippi

Latitude: 33.495968     Longitude: -90.322321
Population 2,019 (2005)
Elevation of Itta Bena, Mississippi: 132 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2835260, place: Itta Bena city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 770 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 91 (11.82%)
Kindergarten: 40 (5.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 357 (46.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 163 (21.17%)
College or graduate school: 119 (15.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (16.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 282 (22.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 302 (24.59%)
Some college, no degree: 188 (15.31%)
Associate degree: 26 (2.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 132 (10.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 96 (7.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,587 (100%)
Never married: 632 (39.82%)
Now married, except separated: 557 (35.1%)
Separated: 88 (5.55%)
Total Widowed: 174 (10.96%)
Widowed Female: 149 (9.39%)
Total Divorced: 136 (8.57%)
Divorced Female: 79 (4.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 140 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 72 (51.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,476 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 125 (8.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 654 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (7.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 342 (30.08%)
----Percent employed: 45%
--No disability: 795 (69.92%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
Population 65 years and over: 242 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (59.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,360 (66.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 673 (33.02%)
--Same county: 536 (26.3%)
--Different county: 137 (6.72%)
----Same state: 81 (3.97%)
----Different state: 56 (2.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,200 (100%)
Native: 2,198 (99.91%)
--Born in United States: 2,197 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,038 (92.64%)
----Different state: 159 (7.23%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.05%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.09%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
English only: 2,010 (98.63%)
Language other than English: 28 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.59%)
--Spanish: 19 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.34%)
----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: 2,200 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,843% (83.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (0.32%)
English: 37 (1.68%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.32%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 14 (0.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 30 (1.36%)
Italian: 9 (0.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.82%)
Scottish: 13 (0.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (1.18%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 57 (2.59%)
Welsh: 5 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,620 (73.64%)

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