Raleigh, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2860840, place: Raleigh town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 293 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (3.41%)
Kindergarten: 27 (9.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 185 (63.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (15.36%)
College or graduate school: 26 (8.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 795 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 87 (10.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 151 (18.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 285 (35.85%)
Some college, no degree: 124 (15.6%)
Associate degree: 21 (2.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 77 (9.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (6.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 943 (100%)
Never married: 192 (20.36%)
Now married, except separated: 550 (58.32%)
Separated: 14 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 82 (8.7%)
Widowed Female: 78 (8.27%)
Total Divorced: 105 (11.13%)
Divorced Female: 81 (8.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (83.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 908 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 93 (10.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 318 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (9.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 655 (100%)
--With a disability: 157 (23.97%)
----Percent employed: 37.6%
--No disability: 498 (76.03%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 175 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (53.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,170 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 819 (70%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 341 (29.15%)
--Same county: 188 (16.07%)
--Different county: 153 (13.08%)
----Same state: 125 (10.68%)
----Different state: 28 (2.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,268 (100%)
Native: 1,261 (99.45%)
--Born in United States: 1,251 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,133 (89.35%)
----Different state: 118 (9.31%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 7 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,170 (100%)
English only: 1,164 (99.49%)
Language other than English: 6 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.17%)
----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: 1,268 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 904% (71.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.39%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.39%)
English: 72 (5.68%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 40 (3.15%)
Greek: 2 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 84 (6.62%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 44 (3.47%)
Scottish: 11 (0.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (1.42%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 326 (25.71%)
Welsh: 9 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 277 (21.85%)

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