Pearl, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2855760, place: Pearl city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,545 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 382 (6.89%)
Kindergarten: 270 (4.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,718 (49.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,140 (20.56%)
College or graduate school: 1,035 (18.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,830 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 708 (5.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,350 (16.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,264 (30.83%)
Some college, no degree: 3,599 (26.02%)
Associate degree: 925 (6.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,450 (10.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 534 (3.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,044 (100%)
Never married: 4,199 (24.64%)
Now married, except separated: 8,996 (52.78%)
Separated: 414 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 1,072 (6.29%)
Widowed Female: 928 (5.44%)
Total Divorced: 2,363 (13.86%)
Divorced Female: 1,529 (8.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 554 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 322 (58.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,026 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,024 (12.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,047 (100%)
--With a disability: 366 (7.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,962 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,827 (21.81%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 10,135 (78.19%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,177 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,001 (45.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,260 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,174 (50.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,766 (48.2%)
--Same county: 4,957 (24.47%)
--Different county: 4,809 (23.74%)
----Same state: 3,574 (17.64%)
----Different state: 1,235 (6.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 320 (1.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,960 (100%)
Native: 21,415 (97.52%)
--Born in United States: 21,346 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,088 (77.81%)
----Different state: 4,258 (19.39%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 545 (2.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 327 (1.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 206 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 339 (1.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 545 (100%)
Europe: 20 (3.67%)
Asia: 194 (35.6%)
Africa: 13 (2.39%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 318 (58.35%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,260 (100%)
English only: 19,332 (95.42%)
Language other than English: 928 (4.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 368 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 603 (2.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 331 (1.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 223 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 78 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,960 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,352% (83.57%)
Arab: 74 (0.34%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 224 (1.02%)
English: 1,749 (7.96%)
French (except Basque): 424 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 42 (0.19%)
German: 1,551 (7.06%)
Greek: 14 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.03%)
Irish: 2,282 (10.39%)
Italian: 137 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.15%)
Polish: 28 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 32 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 494 (2.25%)
Scottish: 469 (2.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 177 (0.81%)
Swedish: 41 (0.19%)
Swiss: 15 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.04%)
United States or American: 4,941 (22.5%)
Welsh: 50 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 5,553 (25.29%)

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