Starkville, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2870240, place: Starkville city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,319 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 410 (3.97%)
Kindergarten: 285 (2.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,980 (19.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 904 (8.76%)
College or graduate school: 6,740 (65.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,084 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 617 (5.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,039 (9.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,694 (15.28%)
Some college, no degree: 2,085 (18.81%)
Associate degree: 576 (5.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,498 (22.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,575 (23.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,250 (100%)
Never married: 8,614 (47.2%)
Now married, except separated: 7,290 (39.95%)
Separated: 308 (1.69%)
Total Widowed: 822 (4.5%)
Widowed Female: 650 (3.56%)
Total Divorced: 1,216 (6.66%)
Divorced Female: 846 (4.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 309 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 148 (47.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,578 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,330 (7.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,935 (100%)
--With a disability: 519 (10.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,629 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,028 (14.88%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 11,601 (85.12%)
----Percent employed: 71.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,787 (100%)
--With a disability: 682 (38.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,709 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,962 (33.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,247 (63.97%)
--Same county: 4,973 (24.01%)
--Different county: 8,274 (39.95%)
----Same state: 5,140 (24.82%)
----Different state: 3,134 (15.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 500 (2.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,037 (100%)
Native: 21,016 (95.37%)
--Born in United States: 20,946 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,672 (66.58%)
----Different state: 6,274 (28.47%)
--Born outside United States: 70 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 1,021 (4.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 829 (3.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 151 (0.69%)
--Not a citizen: 870 (3.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,021 (100%)
Europe: 94 (9.21%)
Asia: 735 (71.99%)
Africa: 34 (3.33%)
Oceania: 14 (1.37%)
Latin America: 93 (9.11%)
Northern America: 51 (5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,709 (100%)
English only: 19,319 (93.29%)
Language other than English: 1,390 (6.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 635 (3.07%)
--Spanish: 342 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 385 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 574 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 403 (1.95%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,037 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,896% (90.28%)
Arab: 86 (0.39%)
Czech: 86 (0.39%)
Danish: 38 (0.17%)
Dutch: 231 (1.05%)
English: 1,891 (8.58%)
French (except Basque): 392 (1.78%)
French Canadian: 87 (0.39%)
German: 1,753 (7.95%)
Greek: 41 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.09%)
Irish: 1,995 (9.05%)
Italian: 337 (1.53%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 84 (0.38%)
Polish: 144 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.11%)
Russian: 54 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 894 (4.06%)
Scottish: 601 (2.73%)
Slovak: 17 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 253 (1.15%)
Swedish: 114 (0.52%)
Swiss: 77 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 43 (0.2%)
United States or American: 2,003 (9.09%)
Welsh: 105 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 8,482 (38.49%)

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