Copiah County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Copiah county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,378	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	590	7.0
Kindergarten	456	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,774	45.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,953	23.3
College or graduate school	1,605	19.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,405	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,744	10.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,592	20.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,255	30.2
Some college, no degree	3,564	20.5
Associate degree	1,232	7.1
Bachelor's degree	1,433	8.2
Graduate or professional degree	585	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,491	100.0
Never married	6,788	30.2
Now married, except separated	10,736	47.7
Separated	743	3.3
Widowed	2,123	9.4
Female	1,716	7.6
Divorced	2,101	9.3
Female	1,219	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,000	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	581	58.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,889	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,425	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,548	100.0
With a disability	746	9.9

Population 21 to 64 years	15,276	100.0
With a disability	4,239	27.7
Percent employed	42.5	(X)
No disability	11,037	72.3
Percent employed	72.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,664	100.0
With a disability	2,050	55.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,898	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,701	65.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,000	33.5
Same county	4,963	18.5
Different county	4,037	15.0
Same state	2,643	9.8
Different state	1,394	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	197	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,757	100.0
Native	28,532	99.2
Born in United States	28,461	99.0
State of residence	25,225	87.7
Different state	3,236	11.3
Born outside United States	71	0.2
Foreign born	225	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	65	0.2
Naturalized citizen	132	0.5
Not a citizen	93	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	225	100.0
Europe	72	32.0
Asia	66	29.3
Africa	16	7.1
Oceania	7	3.1
Latin America	64	28.4
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,898	100.0
English only	26,308	97.8
Language other than English	590	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	203	0.8
Spanish	323	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	223	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	73	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	31	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,757	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,892	76.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	88	0.3
English	1,336	4.6
French (except Basque)¹	269	0.9
French Canadian¹	81	0.3
German	820	2.9
Greek	14	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,447	5.0
Italian	195	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	33	0.1
Polish	89	0.3
Portuguese	43	0.1
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	536	1.9
Scottish	228	0.8
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	280	1.0
Swedish	12	0.0
Swiss	9	0.0
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	3,498	12.2
Welsh	50	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	12,846	44.7

(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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