Covington County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Covington county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,285	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	300	5.7
Kindergarten	326	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,631	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,380	26.1
College or graduate school	648	12.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,923	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,365	11.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,544	21.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,809	31.9
Some college, no degree	2,260	19.0
Associate degree	586	4.9
Bachelor's degree	834	7.0
Graduate or professional degree	525	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,742	100.0
Never married	3,886	26.4
Now married, except separated	7,890	53.5
Separated	348	2.4
Widowed	1,304	8.8
Female	1,112	7.5
Divorced	1,314	8.9
Female	768	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	652	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	327	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,847	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,525	11.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,079	100.0
With a disability	346	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	10,277	100.0
With a disability	2,734	26.6
Percent employed	41.4	(X)
No disability	7,543	73.4
Percent employed	72.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,249	100.0
With a disability	1,177	52.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,905	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,188	68.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,671	31.7
Same county	3,305	18.5
Different county	2,366	13.2
Same state	1,760	9.8
Different state	606	3.4
Elsewhere in 1995	46	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,407	100.0
Native	19,290	99.4
Born in United States	19,203	98.9
State of residence	16,830	86.7
Different state	2,373	12.2
Born outside United States	87	0.4
Foreign born	117	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	31	0.2
Naturalized citizen	31	0.2
Not a citizen	86	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	117	100.0
Europe	53	45.3
Asia	12	10.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	44	37.6
Northern America	8	6.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,905	100.0
English only	17,522	97.9
Language other than English	383	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	124	0.7
Spanish	245	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	113	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	96	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	21	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,407	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,238	68.2
Arab	4	0.0
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	23	0.1
English	817	4.2
French (except Basque)¹	177	0.9
French Canadian¹	77	0.4
German	406	2.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	21	0.1
Irish¹	1,024	5.3
Italian	109	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	5	0.0
Polish	38	0.2
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	12	0.1
Scotch-Irish	433	2.2
Scottish	147	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	169	0.9
Swedish	14	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,645	18.8
Welsh	24	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	6,089	31.4

(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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