Water Valley, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2878000, place: Water Valley city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,037 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (2.89%)
Kindergarten: 48 (4.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 508 (48.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 257 (24.78%)
College or graduate school: 194 (18.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,356 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 336 (14.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 331 (14.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 799 (33.91%)
Some college, no degree: 534 (22.67%)
Associate degree: 61 (2.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 167 (7.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 128 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,930 (100%)
Never married: 821 (28.02%)
Now married, except separated: 1,259 (42.97%)
Separated: 161 (5.49%)
Total Widowed: 362 (12.35%)
Widowed Female: 319 (10.89%)
Total Divorced: 327 (11.16%)
Divorced Female: 193 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (70.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,740 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 296 (10.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 928 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (7.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,818 (100%)
--With a disability: 594 (32.67%)
----Percent employed: 37.7%
--No disability: 1,224 (67.33%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 618 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (55.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,463 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,229 (64.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,223 (35.32%)
--Same county: 681 (19.67%)
--Different county: 542 (15.65%)
----Same state: 326 (9.41%)
----Different state: 216 (6.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,709 (100%)
Native: 3,694 (99.6%)
--Born in United States: 3,682 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,071 (82.8%)
----Different state: 611 (16.47%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 15 (0.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 8 (53.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 7 (46.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,463 (100%)
English only: 3,385 (97.75%)
Language other than English: 78 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.9%)
--Spanish: 45 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,709 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,709% (73.04%)
Arab: 8 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 50 (1.35%)
English: 242 (6.52%)
French (except Basque): 26 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 40 (1.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 287 (7.74%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 115 (3.1%)
Scottish: 26 (0.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (0.97%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.13%)
United States or American: 590 (15.91%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,284 (34.62%)

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