Newton, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2851720, place: Newton city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 940 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (6.17%)
Kindergarten: 50 (5.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 523 (55.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 186 (19.79%)
College or graduate school: 123 (13.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,344 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 265 (11.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 333 (14.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 774 (33.02%)
Some college, no degree: 465 (19.84%)
Associate degree: 156 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 235 (10.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 116 (4.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,833 (100%)
Never married: 752 (26.54%)
Now married, except separated: 1,399 (49.38%)
Separated: 113 (3.99%)
Total Widowed: 351 (12.39%)
Widowed Female: 293 (10.34%)
Total Divorced: 218 (7.7%)
Divorced Female: 121 (4.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 124 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (46.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,658 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 281 (10.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 858 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (7.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,849 (100%)
--With a disability: 393 (21.25%)
----Percent employed: 39.9%
--No disability: 1,456 (78.75%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 567 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (55.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,422 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,073 (60.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,332 (38.92%)
--Same county: 775 (22.65%)
--Different county: 557 (16.28%)
----Same state: 386 (11.28%)
----Different state: 171 (5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,686 (100%)
Native: 3,643 (98.83%)
--Born in United States: 3,629 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,003 (81.47%)
----Different state: 626 (16.98%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 43 (1.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (0.57%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 17 (39.53%)
Asia: 20 (46.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (13.95%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,422 (100%)
English only: 3,353 (97.98%)
Language other than English: 69 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.61%)
--Spanish: 28 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,686 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,850% (77.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 25 (0.68%)
English: 202 (5.48%)
French (except Basque): 39 (1.06%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.22%)
German: 95 (2.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 168 (4.56%)
Italian: 20 (0.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.27%)
Polish: 4 (0.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 79 (2.14%)
Scottish: 47 (1.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.49%)
Swedish: 7 (0.19%)
Swiss: 3 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 308 (8.36%)
Welsh: 19 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 1,787 (48.48%)

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