Lucedale, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2842440, place: Lucedale city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 559 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (10.91%)
Kindergarten: 16 (2.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 306 (54.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 128 (22.9%)
College or graduate school: 48 (8.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,656 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 198 (11.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 443 (26.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 446 (26.93%)
Some college, no degree: 330 (19.93%)
Associate degree: 52 (3.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 115 (6.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 72 (4.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,012 (100%)
Never married: 487 (24.2%)
Now married, except separated: 998 (49.6%)
Separated: 51 (2.53%)
Total Widowed: 206 (10.24%)
Widowed Female: 181 (9%)
Total Divorced: 270 (13.42%)
Divorced Female: 170 (8.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 125 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (33.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,883 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 230 (12.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 537 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (9.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 329 (27.08%)
----Percent employed: 30.4%
--No disability: 886 (72.92%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
Population 65 years and over: 430 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (47.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,320 (55.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,044 (44.16%)
--Same county: 584 (24.7%)
--Different county: 460 (19.46%)
----Same state: 226 (9.56%)
----Different state: 234 (9.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,525 (100%)
Native: 2,505 (99.21%)
--Born in United States: 2,498 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,844 (73.03%)
----Different state: 654 (25.9%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 20 (0.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 20 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,364 (100%)
English only: 2,313 (97.84%)
Language other than English: 51 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,525 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,011% (79.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 12 (0.48%)
English: 149 (5.9%)
French (except Basque): 36 (1.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 78 (3.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 100 (3.96%)
Italian: 40 (1.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.51%)
Polish: 5 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (2.34%)
Scottish: 69 (2.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.2%)
Swedish: 5 (0.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 870 (34.46%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 570 (22.57%)

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