Lynchburg, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2842840, place: Lynchburg CDP, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 672 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (7.14%)
Kindergarten: 44 (6.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 371 (55.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (17.26%)
College or graduate school: 93 (13.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,935 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 63 (3.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 272 (14.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 828 (42.79%)
Some college, no degree: 514 (26.56%)
Associate degree: 125 (6.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 79 (4.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (2.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,390 (100%)
Never married: 456 (19.08%)
Now married, except separated: 1,444 (60.42%)
Separated: 72 (3.01%)
Total Widowed: 117 (4.9%)
Widowed Female: 97 (4.06%)
Total Divorced: 301 (12.59%)
Divorced Female: 173 (7.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 100 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 51 (51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,278 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 296 (12.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 689 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (14.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,942 (100%)
--With a disability: 329 (16.94%)
----Percent employed: 52.6%
--No disability: 1,613 (83.06%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 179 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (67.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,829 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,506 (53.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,254 (44.33%)
--Same county: 645 (22.8%)
--Different county: 609 (21.53%)
----Same state: 208 (7.35%)
----Different state: 401 (14.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (2.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,050 (100%)
Native: 2,955 (96.89%)
--Born in United States: 2,912 (100%)
----State of residence: 696 (22.82%)
----Different state: 2,216 (72.66%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (1.41%)
Foreign born: 95 (3.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 80 (2.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.49%)
--Not a citizen: 80 (2.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 95 (100%)
Europe: 11 (11.58%)
Asia: 16 (16.84%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 68 (71.58%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,829 (100%)
English only: 2,730 (96.5%)
Language other than English: 99 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 84 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,050 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,816% (92.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 26 (0.85%)
Danish: 8 (0.26%)
Dutch: 79 (2.59%)
English: 195 (6.39%)
French (except Basque): 89 (2.92%)
French Canadian: 36 (1.18%)
German: 287 (9.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.49%)
Irish: 628 (20.59%)
Italian: 141 (4.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 73 (2.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 94 (3.08%)
Scottish: 38 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 377 (12.36%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 718 (23.54%)

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