Mathiston, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2845720, place: Mathiston town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 175 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (6.86%)
Kindergarten: 15 (8.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 98 (56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (15.43%)
College or graduate school: 23 (13.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 475 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 58 (12.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 137 (28.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 134 (28.21%)
Some college, no degree: 59 (12.42%)
Associate degree: 24 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 30 (6.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (6.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 554 (100%)
Never married: 89 (16.06%)
Now married, except separated: 322 (58.12%)
Separated: 22 (3.97%)
Total Widowed: 76 (13.72%)
Widowed Female: 71 (12.82%)
Total Divorced: 45 (8.12%)
Divorced Female: 34 (6.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (63.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 528 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 50 (9.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 174 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (5.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 381 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (30.18%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 266 (69.82%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (67.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 682 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 438 (64.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 244 (35.78%)
--Same county: 116 (17.01%)
--Different county: 128 (18.77%)
----Same state: 109 (15.98%)
----Different state: 19 (2.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 726 (100%)
Native: 724 (99.72%)
--Born in United States: 724 (100%)
----State of residence: 618 (85.12%)
----Different state: 106 (14.6%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 682 (100%)
English only: 669 (98.09%)
Language other than English: 13 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 726 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 594% (81.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (2.34%)
English: 72 (9.92%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 37 (5.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 65 (8.95%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.93%)
Scottish: 13 (1.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.55%)
Swedish: 2 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 255 (35.12%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 113 (15.56%)

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