Lake, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2838600, place: Lake town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 162 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (3.7%)
Kindergarten: 6 (3.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 82 (50.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 46 (28.4%)
College or graduate school: 22 (13.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 217 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (8.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (10.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 99 (45.62%)
Some college, no degree: 45 (20.74%)
Associate degree: 1 (0.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (7.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (6.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 289 (100%)
Never married: 93 (32.18%)
Now married, except separated: 143 (49.48%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 27 (9.34%)
Widowed Female: 18 (6.23%)
Total Divorced: 26 (9%)
Divorced Female: 15 (5.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 265 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 26 (9.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 148 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 190 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (26.32%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 140 (73.68%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
Population 65 years and over: 46 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (32.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 386 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 226 (58.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 160 (41.45%)
--Same county: 88 (22.8%)
--Different county: 72 (18.65%)
----Same state: 49 (12.69%)
----Different state: 23 (5.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 408 (100%)
Native: 408 (100%)
--Born in United States: 406 (100%)
----State of residence: 349 (85.54%)
----Different state: 57 (13.97%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.49%)
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: 386 (100%)
English only: 380 (98.45%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.78%)
----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: 408 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 366% (89.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (1.47%)
English: 34 (8.33%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 10 (2.45%)
German: 10 (2.45%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 39 (9.56%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.49%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (4.17%)
Scottish: 2 (0.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (1.23%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 45 (11.03%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 196 (48.04%)

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