U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Ridgeland, MS

Madison County, Mississippi

Latitude: 32.418847     Longitude: -90.124933
Population 21,236 (2005)
Elevation of Ridgeland, Mississippi: 353 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2862520, place: Ridgeland city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,024 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 574 (11.43%)
Kindergarten: 306 (6.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,989 (39.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 819 (16.3%)
College or graduate school: 1,336 (26.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,529 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 231 (1.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 670 (4.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,126 (15.71%)
Some college, no degree: 2,999 (22.17%)
Associate degree: 838 (6.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,375 (32.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,290 (16.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,088 (100%)
Never married: 4,788 (29.76%)
Now married, except separated: 8,125 (50.5%)
Separated: 343 (2.13%)
Total Widowed: 764 (4.75%)
Widowed Female: 691 (4.3%)
Total Divorced: 2,068 (12.85%)
Divorced Female: 1,328 (8.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 207 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 126 (60.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,426 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,631 (10.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,791 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (5.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,136 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,232 (9.38%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
--No disability: 11,904 (90.62%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 646 (43.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,687 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,123 (32.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,266 (65.64%)
--Same county: 3,266 (17.48%)
--Different county: 9,000 (48.16%)
----Same state: 6,292 (33.67%)
----Different state: 2,708 (14.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 298 (1.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,115 (100%)
Native: 19,457 (96.73%)
--Born in United States: 19,322 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,271 (65.98%)
----Different state: 6,051 (30.08%)
--Born outside United States: 135 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 658 (3.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 264 (1.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 395 (1.96%)
--Not a citizen: 263 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 658 (100%)
Europe: 64 (9.73%)
Asia: 397 (60.33%)
Africa: 88 (13.37%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (8.21%)
Northern America: 55 (8.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,687 (100%)
English only: 17,661 (94.51%)
Language other than English: 1,026 (5.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 268 (1.43%)
--Spanish: 346 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 271 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 309 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,115 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,310% (86.06%)
Arab: 195 (0.97%)
Czech: 34 (0.17%)
Danish: 67 (0.33%)
Dutch: 145 (0.72%)
English: 2,191 (10.89%)
French (except Basque): 554 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 194 (0.96%)
German: 1,426 (7.09%)
Greek: 44 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.17%)
Irish: 2,051 (10.2%)
Italian: 510 (2.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 101 (0.5%)
Polish: 129 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.06%)
Russian: 48 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 803 (3.99%)
Scottish: 696 (3.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 169 (0.84%)
Swedish: 162 (0.81%)
Swiss: 18 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.08%)
United States or American: 2,084 (10.36%)
Welsh: 137 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 56 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 5,433 (27.01%)

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