Meridian, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2846640, place: Meridian city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 983 (8.8%)
Kindergarten: 640 (5.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,971 (44.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,318 (20.75%)
College or graduate school: 2,259 (20.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,252 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,463 (9.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,532 (17.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,635 (26.28%)
Some college, no degree: 5,581 (22.1%)
Associate degree: 1,592 (6.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,630 (10.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,819 (7.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,907 (100%)
Never married: 9,422 (30.49%)
Now married, except separated: 13,051 (42.23%)
Separated: 1,234 (3.99%)
Total Widowed: 3,457 (11.19%)
Widowed Female: 2,900 (9.38%)
Total Divorced: 3,743 (12.11%)
Divorced Female: 2,371 (7.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,114 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 623 (55.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,891 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,803 (13.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 894 (9.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,624 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,608 (23.48%)
----Percent employed: 46.6%
--No disability: 15,016 (76.52%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 6,191 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,823 (45.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,061 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,589 (55.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,093 (43.42%)
--Same county: 10,526 (28.4%)
--Different county: 5,567 (15.02%)
----Same state: 2,529 (6.82%)
----Different state: 3,038 (8.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 379 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40,035 (100%)
Native: 39,766 (99.33%)
--Born in United States: 39,586 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,360 (78.33%)
----Different state: 8,226 (20.55%)
--Born outside United States: 180 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 269 (0.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 139 (0.35%)
--Not a citizen: 130 (0.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 269 (100%)
Europe: 68 (25.28%)
Asia: 105 (39.03%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 14 (5.2%)
Latin America: 82 (30.48%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,061 (100%)
English only: 36,004 (97.15%)
Language other than English: 1,057 (2.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 234 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 697 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 138 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 174 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 131 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 40,035 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,498% (76.18%)
Arab: 46 (0.11%)
Czech: 78 (0.19%)
Danish: 55 (0.14%)
Dutch: 143 (0.36%)
English: 2,127 (5.31%)
French (except Basque): 347 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 50 (0.12%)
German: 1,225 (3.06%)
Greek: 14 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.04%)
Irish: 1,795 (4.48%)
Italian: 269 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 59 (0.15%)
Polish: 86 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.04%)
Russian: 21 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 844 (2.11%)
Scottish: 502 (1.25%)
Slovak: 9 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 511 (1.28%)
Swedish: 91 (0.23%)
Swiss: 18 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.04%)
United States or American: 2,886 (7.21%)
Welsh: 57 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 19,208 (47.98%)

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