Yazoo City, MS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2881520, place: Yazoo City city, Mississippi)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,895 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 231 (5.93%)
Kindergarten: 271 (6.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,063 (52.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 957 (24.57%)
College or graduate school: 373 (9.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,786 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,259 (14.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,895 (21.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,691 (30.63%)
Some college, no degree: 1,509 (17.18%)
Associate degree: 285 (3.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 796 (9.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 351 (3.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,052 (100%)
Never married: 4,769 (43.15%)
Now married, except separated: 3,676 (33.26%)
Separated: 536 (4.85%)
Total Widowed: 1,135 (10.27%)
Widowed Female: 961 (8.7%)
Total Divorced: 936 (8.47%)
Divorced Female: 459 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 585 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 347 (59.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,342 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,088 (10.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,744 (100%)
--With a disability: 374 (9.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,889 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,765 (29.97%)
----Percent employed: 41.6%
--No disability: 4,124 (70.03%)
----Percent employed: 67.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,496 (100%)
--With a disability: 809 (54.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,464 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,760 (50.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,342 (47.1%)
--Same county: 3,382 (25.12%)
--Different county: 2,960 (21.98%)
----Same state: 2,052 (15.24%)
----Different state: 908 (6.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 362 (2.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,631 (100%)
Native: 13,602 (92.97%)
--Born in United States: 13,565 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,128 (76.06%)
----Different state: 2,437 (16.66%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 1,029 (7.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 263 (1.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 85 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 944 (6.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,029 (100%)
Europe: 72 (7%)
Asia: 57 (5.54%)
Africa: 5 (0.49%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 895 (86.98%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,464 (100%)
English only: 12,262 (91.07%)
Language other than English: 1,202 (8.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 619 (4.6%)
--Spanish: 989 (7.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 564 (4.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 131 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 57 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,631 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,276% (77.07%)
Arab: 14 (0.1%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 73 (0.5%)
English: 415 (2.84%)
French (except Basque): 52 (0.36%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.13%)
German: 194 (1.33%)
Greek: 7 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 409 (2.8%)
Italian: 36 (0.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.08%)
Polish: 4 (0.03%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 240 (1.64%)
Scottish: 60 (0.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 147 (1%)
Swedish: 4 (0.03%)
Swiss: 4 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 548 (3.75%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 43 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 8,982 (61.39%)

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