Sherman, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2867200, place: Sherman town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 145 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (4.14%)
Kindergarten: 7 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 100 (68.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 13 (8.97%)
College or graduate school: 19 (13.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 358 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (10.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (12.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 165 (46.09%)
Some college, no degree: 56 (15.64%)
Associate degree: 17 (4.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (10.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 447 (100%)
Never married: 102 (22.82%)
Now married, except separated: 225 (50.34%)
Separated: 11 (2.46%)
Total Widowed: 37 (8.28%)
Widowed Female: 33 (7.38%)
Total Divorced: 72 (16.11%)
Divorced Female: 43 (9.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (54.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 433 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 48 (11.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 167 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (2.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 337 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (12.76%)
----Percent employed: 39.5%
--No disability: 294 (87.24%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 66 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (72.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 570 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 192 (33.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 378 (66.32%)
--Same county: 74 (12.98%)
--Different county: 304 (53.33%)
----Same state: 217 (38.07%)
----Different state: 87 (15.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 612 (100%)
Native: 590 (96.41%)
--Born in United States: 589 (100%)
----State of residence: 435 (71.08%)
----Different state: 154 (25.16%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 22 (3.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (2.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (1.8%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (1.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 7 (31.82%)
Asia: 15 (68.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 570 (100%)
English only: 544 (95.44%)
Language other than English: 26 (4.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (3.16%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (2.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 612 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 601% (98.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.82%)
English: 66 (10.78%)
French (except Basque): 31 (5.07%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 41 (6.7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 133 (21.73%)
Italian: 12 (1.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (4.08%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.82%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 108 (17.65%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 175 (28.59%)

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