Marks, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2845240, place: Marks city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 418 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (5.74%)
Kindergarten: 10 (2.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 256 (61.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 88 (21.05%)
College or graduate school: 40 (9.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 984 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 178 (18.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 240 (24.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 216 (21.95%)
Some college, no degree: 149 (15.14%)
Associate degree: 39 (3.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 108 (10.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (5.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,184 (100%)
Never married: 385 (32.52%)
Now married, except separated: 471 (39.78%)
Separated: 76 (6.42%)
Total Widowed: 150 (12.67%)
Widowed Female: 119 (10.05%)
Total Divorced: 102 (8.61%)
Divorced Female: 57 (4.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (51.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,112 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 101 (9.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 410 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (8.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 719 (100%)
--With a disability: 174 (24.2%)
----Percent employed: 40.2%
--No disability: 545 (75.8%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 264 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (51.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,467 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,000 (68.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 465 (31.7%)
--Same county: 282 (19.22%)
--Different county: 183 (12.47%)
----Same state: 100 (6.82%)
----Different state: 83 (5.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,555 (100%)
Native: 1,546 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 1,544 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,338 (86.05%)
----Different state: 206 (13.25%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 2 (22.22%)
Asia: 6 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (11.11%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,467 (100%)
English only: 1,439 (98.09%)
Language other than English: 28 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 17 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,555 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,278% (82.19%)
Arab: 4 (0.26%)
Czech: 2 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.39%)
English: 38 (2.44%)
French (except Basque): 14 (0.9%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 19 (1.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.13%)
Irish: 59 (3.79%)
Italian: 13 (0.84%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.16%)
Scottish: 8 (0.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.39%)
Swedish: 2 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 143 (9.2%)
Welsh: 5 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 937 (60.26%)

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