Monticello, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2848560, place: Monticello town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 487 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (7.39%)
Kindergarten: 31 (6.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 236 (48.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (30.18%)
College or graduate school: 37 (7.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,096 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (7.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 138 (12.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 334 (30.47%)
Some college, no degree: 261 (23.81%)
Associate degree: 82 (7.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 120 (10.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 78 (7.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,365 (100%)
Never married: 333 (24.4%)
Now married, except separated: 668 (48.94%)
Separated: 35 (2.56%)
Total Widowed: 169 (12.38%)
Widowed Female: 155 (11.36%)
Total Divorced: 160 (11.72%)
Divorced Female: 104 (7.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (65.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,257 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 164 (13.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 444 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (4.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 820 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (23.17%)
----Percent employed: 35.3%
--No disability: 630 (76.83%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
Population 65 years and over: 273 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (56.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,638 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 916 (55.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 720 (43.96%)
--Same county: 425 (25.95%)
--Different county: 295 (18.01%)
----Same state: 165 (10.07%)
----Different state: 130 (7.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,766 (100%)
Native: 1,743 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 1,738 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,403 (79.45%)
----Different state: 335 (18.97%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 23 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 4 (17.39%)
Asia: 15 (65.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (17.39%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,638 (100%)
English only: 1,592 (97.19%)
Language other than English: 46 (2.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.31%)
--Spanish: 19 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,766 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,269% (71.86%)
Arab: 2 (0.11%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.28%)
Dutch: 16 (0.91%)
English: 80 (4.53%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.64%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.17%)
German: 47 (2.66%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 152 (8.61%)
Italian: 4 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.11%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (1.76%)
Scottish: 6 (0.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.79%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 3 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 245 (13.87%)
Welsh: 2 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 628 (35.56%)

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