Pelahatchie, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2856200, place: Pelahatchie town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 327 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (9.48%)
Kindergarten: 11 (3.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (48.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 80 (24.46%)
College or graduate school: 46 (14.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 929 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 146 (15.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 223 (24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 263 (28.31%)
Some college, no degree: 150 (16.15%)
Associate degree: 35 (3.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 72 (7.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (4.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,134 (100%)
Never married: 316 (27.87%)
Now married, except separated: 525 (46.3%)
Separated: 40 (3.53%)
Total Widowed: 111 (9.79%)
Widowed Female: 95 (8.38%)
Total Divorced: 142 (12.52%)
Divorced Female: 68 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 91 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (52.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 124 (11.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 295 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (10.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 849 (100%)
--With a disability: 307 (36.16%)
----Percent employed: 51.8%
--No disability: 542 (63.84%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 163 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (63.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,307 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 843 (64.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 460 (35.2%)
--Same county: 301 (23.03%)
--Different county: 159 (12.17%)
----Same state: 118 (9.03%)
----Different state: 41 (3.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,421 (100%)
Native: 1,413 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 1,409 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,225 (86.21%)
----Different state: 184 (12.95%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 2 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (75%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,307 (100%)
English only: 1,288 (98.55%)
Language other than English: 19 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,421 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,057% (74.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (1.69%)
English: 83 (5.84%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.56%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 31 (2.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 116 (8.16%)
Italian: 13 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (1.9%)
Scottish: 16 (1.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (1.06%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 237 (16.68%)
Welsh: 6 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 481 (33.85%)

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