General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2864800, place: Sallis town, Mississippi)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 26 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 3 (11.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 23 (88.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 0 (0%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 89 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (14.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 23 (25.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8 (8.99%)
Some college, no degree: 29 (32.58%)
Associate degree: 11 (12.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 2 (2.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3 (3.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 91 (100%)
Never married: 7 (7.69%)
Now married, except separated: 51 (56.04%)
Separated: 4 (4.4%)
Total Widowed: 16 (17.58%)
Widowed Female: 13 (14.29%)
Total Divorced: 13 (14.29%)
Divorced Female: 8 (8.79%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (66.67%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 91 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 10 (10.99%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 26 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 65 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (53.85%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 30 (46.15%)
----Percent employed: 86.7%
Population 65 years and over: 24 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (66.67%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 115 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 76 (66.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 39 (33.91%)
--Same county: 6 (5.22%)
--Different county: 33 (28.7%)
----Same state: 18 (15.65%)
----Different state: 15 (13.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 117 (100%)
Native: 117 (100%)
--Born in United States: 114 (100%)
----State of residence: 96 (82.05%)
----Different state: 18 (15.38%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (2.56%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 115 (100%)
English only: 114 (99.13%)
Language other than English: 1 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 117 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 69% (58.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 10 (8.55%)
French (except Basque): 3 (2.56%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 5 (4.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 8 (6.84%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (2.56%)
Scottish: 3 (2.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 16 (13.68%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 21 (17.95%)
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