Leakesville, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2839840, place: Leakesville town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 180 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (2.78%)
Kindergarten: 8 (4.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 94 (52.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 40 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 33 (18.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 728 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (6.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 131 (17.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 248 (34.07%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (18.41%)
Associate degree: 30 (4.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 67 (9.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 72 (9.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 854 (100%)
Never married: 139 (16.28%)
Now married, except separated: 498 (58.31%)
Separated: 9 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 143 (16.74%)
Widowed Female: 133 (15.57%)
Total Divorced: 65 (7.61%)
Divorced Female: 52 (6.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (31.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 823 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 106 (12.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 184 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (13.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 498 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (26.91%)
----Percent employed: 41.8%
--No disability: 364 (73.09%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 171 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (53.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 967 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 560 (57.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 402 (41.57%)
--Same county: 257 (26.58%)
--Different county: 145 (14.99%)
----Same state: 92 (9.51%)
----Different state: 53 (5.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,030 (100%)
Native: 1,026 (99.61%)
--Born in United States: 1,024 (100%)
----State of residence: 794 (77.09%)
----Different state: 230 (22.33%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 967 (100%)
English only: 940 (97.21%)
Language other than English: 27 (2.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,030 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 726% (70.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 54 (5.24%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 31 (3.01%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.1%)
Irish: 34 (3.3%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.19%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (1.46%)
Scottish: 32 (3.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.19%)
United States or American: 288 (27.96%)
Welsh: 6 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 257 (24.95%)

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