Southaven, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2869280, place: Southaven city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,504 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 538 (7.17%)
Kindergarten: 662 (8.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,489 (46.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,470 (19.59%)
College or graduate school: 1,345 (17.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,550 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 685 (3.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,545 (13.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,534 (35.22%)
Some college, no degree: 4,968 (26.78%)
Associate degree: 1,163 (6.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,975 (10.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 680 (3.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,372 (100%)
Never married: 4,419 (19.75%)
Now married, except separated: 13,584 (60.72%)
Separated: 397 (1.77%)
Total Widowed: 1,282 (5.73%)
Widowed Female: 1,081 (4.83%)
Total Divorced: 2,690 (12.02%)
Divorced Female: 1,557 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 660 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 401 (60.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,216 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,893 (13.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,693 (100%)
--With a disability: 534 (7.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,713 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,844 (16.06%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 14,869 (83.94%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,323 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,202 (51.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,856 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,765 (47.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,834 (51.51%)
--Same county: 5,872 (21.86%)
--Different county: 7,962 (29.65%)
----Same state: 1,679 (6.25%)
----Different state: 6,283 (23.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 257 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,086 (100%)
Native: 28,460 (97.85%)
--Born in United States: 28,325 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,581 (26.06%)
----Different state: 20,744 (71.32%)
--Born outside United States: 135 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 626 (2.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 350 (1.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 278 (0.96%)
--Not a citizen: 348 (1.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 626 (100%)
Europe: 81 (12.94%)
Asia: 207 (33.07%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 338 (53.99%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,856 (100%)
English only: 25,675 (95.6%)
Language other than English: 1,181 (4.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 549 (2.04%)
--Spanish: 730 (2.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 392 (1.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 238 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 177 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,086 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,636% (84.7%)
Arab: 56 (0.19%)
Czech: 27 (0.09%)
Danish: 68 (0.23%)
Dutch: 507 (1.74%)
English: 2,652 (9.12%)
French (except Basque): 539 (1.85%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.09%)
German: 2,373 (8.16%)
Greek: 31 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 88 (0.3%)
Irish: 4,216 (14.49%)
Italian: 1,082 (3.72%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 120 (0.41%)
Polish: 185 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.03%)
Russian: 37 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 720 (2.48%)
Scottish: 480 (1.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 85 (0.29%)
Swedish: 207 (0.71%)
Swiss: 13 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 5,312 (18.26%)
Welsh: 61 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,734 (19.71%)

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