Desoto County, MS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Desoto county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	27,677	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,909	6.9
Kindergarten	2,155	7.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	13,844	50.0
High school (grades 9-12)	5,614	20.3
College or graduate school	4,155	15.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	68,302	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,565	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,003	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,260	34.1
Some college, no degree	18,232	26.7
Associate degree	4,452	6.5
Bachelor's degree	7,014	10.3
Graduate or professional degree	2,776	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	81,498	100.0
Never married	16,236	19.9
Now married, except separated	51,046	62.6
Separated	1,388	1.7
Widowed	4,251	5.2
Female	3,529	4.3
Divorced	8,577	10.5
Female	4,784	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,552	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,279	50.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	76,960	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,560	13.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	25,468	100.0
With a disability	1,575	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	63,446	100.0
With a disability	10,780	17.0
Percent employed	60.3	(X)
No disability	52,666	83.0
Percent employed	80.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,365	100.0
With a disability	4,086	43.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	98,866	100.0
Same house in 1995	47,984	48.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	49,846	50.4
Same county	19,470	19.7
Different county	30,376	30.7
Same state	6,719	6.8
Different state	23,657	23.9
Elsewhere in 1995	1,036	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	107,199	100.0
Native	105,148	98.1
Born in United States	104,542	97.5
State of residence	28,772	26.8
Different state	75,770	70.7
Born outside United States	606	0.6
Foreign born	2,051	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,266	1.2
Naturalized citizen	703	0.7
Not a citizen	1,348	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,051	100.0
Europe	282	13.7
Asia	569	27.7
Africa	74	3.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,087	53.0
Northern America	39	1.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	98,866	100.0
English only	95,270	96.4
Language other than English	3,596	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,683	1.7
Spanish	2,258	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,181	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	762	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	244	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	508	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	227	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	107,199	100.0
Total ancestries reported	89,317	83.3
Arab	153	0.1
Czech¹	179	0.2
Danish	173	0.2
Dutch	1,764	1.6
English	9,314	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	2,290	2.1
French Canadian¹	230	0.2
German	8,655	8.1
Greek	142	0.1
Hungarian	180	0.2
Irish¹	13,580	12.7
Italian	3,085	2.9
Lithuanian	31	0.0
Norwegian	501	0.5
Polish	733	0.7
Portuguese	64	0.1
Russian	86	0.1
Scotch-Irish	2,541	2.4
Scottish	1,663	1.6
Slovak	27	0.0
Subsaharan African	505	0.5
Swedish	719	0.7
Swiss	106	0.1
Ukrainian	10	0.0
United States or American	18,265	17.0
Welsh	259	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	41	0.0
Other ancestries	24,021	22.4

(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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