West Point, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2879120, place: West Point city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,522 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 290 (8.23%)
Kindergarten: 241 (6.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,655 (46.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 738 (20.95%)
College or graduate school: 598 (16.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,392 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 763 (10.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,439 (19.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,231 (30.18%)
Some college, no degree: 1,438 (19.45%)
Associate degree: 264 (3.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 960 (12.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 297 (4.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,209 (100%)
Never married: 2,810 (30.51%)
Now married, except separated: 4,117 (44.71%)
Separated: 347 (3.77%)
Total Widowed: 890 (9.66%)
Widowed Female: 815 (8.85%)
Total Divorced: 1,045 (11.35%)
Divorced Female: 653 (7.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 462 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 333 (72.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,565 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 882 (10.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,160 (100%)
--With a disability: 232 (7.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,243 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,704 (27.29%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 4,539 (72.71%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,523 (100%)
--With a disability: 724 (47.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,225 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,616 (58.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,534 (40.39%)
--Same county: 3,044 (27.12%)
--Different county: 1,490 (13.27%)
----Same state: 968 (8.62%)
----Different state: 522 (4.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 75 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,155 (100%)
Native: 12,085 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 12,058 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,289 (84.65%)
----Different state: 1,769 (14.55%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 70 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (0.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 25 (35.71%)
Asia: 16 (22.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (32.86%)
Northern America: 6 (8.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,225 (100%)
English only: 10,994 (97.94%)
Language other than English: 231 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 84 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 111 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,155 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,788% (80.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.07%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 56 (0.46%)
English: 599 (4.93%)
French (except Basque): 136 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.21%)
German: 405 (3.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.07%)
Irish: 695 (5.72%)
Italian: 94 (0.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.15%)
Polish: 23 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 222 (1.83%)
Scottish: 52 (0.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (0.35%)
Swedish: 15 (0.12%)
Swiss: 5 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 690 (5.68%)
Welsh: 25 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 37 (0.3%)
Other ancestries: 6,631 (54.55%)

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