General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2874840, place: Tupelo city, Mississippi)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,248 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 872 (9.43%)
Kindergarten: 519 (5.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,606 (49.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,890 (20.44%)
College or graduate school: 1,361 (14.72%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 22,187 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,245 (5.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,930 (13.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,042 (22.73%)
Some college, no degree: 5,670 (25.56%)
Associate degree: 1,383 (6.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,041 (18.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,876 (8.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 26,314 (100%)
Never married: 6,231 (23.68%)
Now married, except separated: 14,104 (53.6%)
Separated: 512 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 2,037 (7.74%)
Widowed Female: 1,786 (6.79%)
Total Divorced: 3,430 (13.03%)
Divorced Female: 2,102 (7.99%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 742 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 356 (47.98%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 24,885 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,892 (11.62%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 7,956 (100%)
--With a disability: 597 (7.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,109 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,706 (19.39%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 15,403 (80.61%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,751 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,634 (43.56%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 31,809 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,869 (49.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,660 (49.23%)
--Same county: 9,122 (28.68%)
--Different county: 6,538 (20.55%)
----Same state: 3,511 (11.04%)
----Different state: 3,027 (9.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 280 (0.88%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 34,418 (100%)
Native: 33,882 (98.44%)
--Born in United States: 33,736 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,713 (71.8%)
----Different state: 9,023 (26.22%)
--Born outside United States: 146 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 536 (1.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 282 (0.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 202 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 334 (0.97%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 536 (100%)
Europe: 159 (29.66%)
Asia: 125 (23.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 222 (41.42%)
Northern America: 30 (5.6%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 31,809 (100%)
English only: 30,565 (96.09%)
Language other than English: 1,244 (3.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 518 (1.63%)
--Spanish: 860 (2.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 357 (1.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 275 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 69 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.19%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 34,418 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,523% (85.78%)
Arab: 38 (0.11%)
Czech: 64 (0.19%)
Danish: 20 (0.06%)
Dutch: 323 (0.94%)
English: 3,414 (9.92%)
French (except Basque): 501 (1.46%)
French Canadian: 48 (0.14%)
German: 1,828 (5.31%)
Greek: 38 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.15%)
Irish: 3,015 (8.76%)
Italian: 312 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 167 (0.49%)
Polish: 119 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.03%)
Russian: 28 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 836 (2.43%)
Scottish: 806 (2.34%)
Slovak: 20 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 386 (1.12%)
Swedish: 112 (0.33%)
Swiss: 32 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.04%)
United States or American: 6,066 (17.62%)
Welsh: 171 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 11,102 (32.26%)
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