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Jackson Mississippi Social and demographic information
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Jackson Mississippi Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Jackson city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
184,032 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
58,360 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
181,929 |
98.9 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
4,601 |
7.9 |
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Born in
United States |
181,336 |
98.5 |
| Kindergarten |
3,349 |
5.7 |
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State
of residence |
152,572 |
82.9 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
24,560 |
42.1 |
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Different state |
28,764 |
15.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
11,328 |
19.4 |
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Born
outside United States |
593 |
0.3 |
| College or
graduate school |
14,522 |
24.9 |
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Foreign born |
2,103 |
1.1 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,096 |
0.6 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
933 |
0.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
108,734 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
1,170 |
0.6 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
6,852 |
6.3 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
15,920 |
14.6 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
23,341 |
21.5 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
2,103 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
27,194 |
25.0 |
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Europe |
351 |
16.7 |
| Associate
degree |
5,928 |
5.5 |
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Asia |
880 |
41.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
18,396 |
16.9 |
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Africa |
155 |
7.4 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
11,103 |
10.2 |
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Oceania |
29 |
1.4 |
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Latin America |
556 |
26.4 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
79.1 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
132 |
6.3 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
27.1 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
169,715 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
140,150 |
100.0 |
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English only |
163,299 |
96.2 |
| Never married |
54,221 |
38.7 |
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Language other
than English |
6,416 |
3.8 |
| Now married,
except separated |
53,558 |
38.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,203 |
1.3 |
| Separated |
5,735 |
4.1 |
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Spanish |
3,484 |
2.1 |
| Widowed |
10,640 |
7.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,307 |
0.8 |
| Female |
8,792 |
6.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
1,881 |
1.1 |
| Divorced |
15,996 |
11.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
493 |
0.3 |
| Female |
9,576 |
6.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
631 |
0.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
267 |
0.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
184,032 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
6,259 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
158,623 |
86.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
3,700 |
59.1 |
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Arab |
338 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
142 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
177 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
131,497 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
698 |
0.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
14,354 |
10.9 |
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English |
8,164 |
4.4 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,797 |
1.0 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
345 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
4,563 |
2.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
48,106 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
163 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
4,248 |
8.8 |
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Hungarian |
19 |
0.0 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
100,263 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
6,017 |
3.3 |
| With a
disability |
25,128 |
25.1 |
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Italian |
1,125 |
0.6 |
| Percent
employed |
52.7 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
61 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
75,135 |
74.9 |
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Norwegian |
358 |
0.2 |
| Percent
employed |
73.8 |
(X) |
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Polish |
371 |
0.2 |
| Population
65 years and over |
18,993 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
4 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
9,200 |
48.4 |
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Russian |
78 |
0.0 |
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Scotch-Irish |
3,759 |
2.0 |
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Scottish |
2,114 |
1.1 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
5 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
169,715 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
2,089 |
1.1 |
| Same house in
1995 |
89,608 |
52.8 |
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Swedish |
159 |
0.1 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
78,720 |
46.4 |
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Swiss |
69 |
0.0 |
| Same county |
54,164 |
31.9 |
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Ukrainian |
19 |
0.0 |
| Different
county |
24,556 |
14.5 |
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United States
or American |
8,353 |
4.5 |
| Same state |
14,444 |
8.5 |
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Welsh |
404 |
0.2 |
| Different
state |
10,112 |
6.0 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
312 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
1,387 |
0.8 |
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Other
ancestries |
116,920 |
63.5 |
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| Date: January
2, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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