Mendenhall, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2846600, place: Mendenhall city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 642 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 72 (11.21%)
Kindergarten: 44 (6.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 280 (43.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 146 (22.74%)
College or graduate school: 100 (15.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,585 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 192 (12.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 253 (15.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 506 (31.92%)
Some college, no degree: 316 (19.94%)
Associate degree: 47 (2.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 204 (12.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (4.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,942 (100%)
Never married: 452 (23.27%)
Now married, except separated: 1,066 (54.89%)
Separated: 43 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 186 (9.58%)
Widowed Female: 152 (7.83%)
Total Divorced: 195 (10.04%)
Divorced Female: 100 (5.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 97 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 65 (67.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,832 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 235 (12.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 571 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (9.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,259 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (27.4%)
----Percent employed: 36.8%
--No disability: 914 (72.6%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
Population 65 years and over: 326 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (51.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,313 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,466 (63.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 841 (36.36%)
--Same county: 564 (24.38%)
--Different county: 277 (11.98%)
----Same state: 228 (9.86%)
----Different state: 49 (2.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,547 (100%)
Native: 2,542 (99.8%)
--Born in United States: 2,539 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,245 (88.14%)
----Different state: 294 (11.54%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.12%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 5 (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: 2,313 (100%)
English only: 2,267 (98.01%)
Language other than English: 46 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.61%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,547 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,921% (75.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.12%)
English: 126 (4.95%)
French (except Basque): 28 (1.1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 72 (2.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 202 (7.93%)
Italian: 37 (1.45%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.51%)
Polish: 5 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 44 (1.73%)
Scottish: 21 (0.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.94%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 4 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 539 (21.16%)
Welsh: 4 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 799 (31.37%)

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