West, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2878680, place: West town, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 42 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 5 (11.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 26 (61.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6 (14.29%)
College or graduate school: 5 (11.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 160 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (18.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (10.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 33 (20.63%)
Some college, no degree: 47 (29.38%)
Associate degree: 5 (3.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (10.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (6.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 186 (100%)
Never married: 33 (17.74%)
Now married, except separated: 113 (60.75%)
Separated: 3 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 30 (16.13%)
Widowed Female: 24 (12.9%)
Total Divorced: 7 (3.76%)
Divorced Female: 7 (3.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 177 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 18 (10.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (4.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (17.2%)
----Percent employed: 0%
--No disability: 77 (82.8%)
----Percent employed: 87%
Population 65 years and over: 77 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (67.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 217 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 154 (70.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 61 (28.11%)
--Same county: 38 (17.51%)
--Different county: 23 (10.6%)
----Same state: 23 (10.6%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 220 (100%)
Native: 220 (100%)
--Born in United States: 220 (100%)
----State of residence: 207 (94.09%)
----Different state: 13 (5.91%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 217 (100%)
English only: 217 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 220 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 152% (69.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 4 (1.82%)
French (except Basque): 3 (1.36%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 7 (3.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (2.27%)
Scottish: 2 (0.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.91%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 35 (15.91%)
Welsh: 4 (1.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 90 (40.91%)

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