Oktibbeha County, MS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Oktibbeha county mississippi dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,744	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	756	3.8
Kindergarten	513	2.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,121	20.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,019	10.2
College or graduate school	12,335	62.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,250	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,513	7.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,746	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,616	21.7
Some college, no degree	3,898	18.3
Associate degree	1,075	5.1
Bachelor's degree	3,828	18.0
Graduate or professional degree	3,574	16.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	34.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,419	100.0
Never married	15,793	44.6
Now married, except separated	14,636	41.3
Separated	797	2.3
Widowed	1,767	5.0
Female	1,344	3.8
Divorced	2,426	6.8
Female	1,525	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	698	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	335	48.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,813	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,616	7.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,987	100.0
With a disability	1,128	9.4

Population 21 to 64 years	24,369	100.0
With a disability	4,700	19.3
Percent employed	52.8	(X)
No disability	19,669	80.7
Percent employed	70.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,592	100.0
With a disability	1,689	47.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,351	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,011	42.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,465	55.7
Same county	8,795	21.8
Different county	13,670	33.9
Same state	8,848	21.9
Different state	4,822	12.0
Elsewhere in 1995	875	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,902	100.0
Native	41,481	96.7
Born in United States	41,364	96.4
State of residence	30,669	71.5
Different state	10,695	24.9
Born outside United States	117	0.3
Foreign born	1,421	3.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,147	2.7
Naturalized citizen	232	0.5
Not a citizen	1,189	2.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,421	100.0
Europe	112	7.9
Asia	1,026	72.2
Africa	58	4.1
Oceania	14	1.0
Latin America	142	10.0
Northern America	69	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,351	100.0
English only	38,218	94.7
Language other than English	2,133	5.3
Speak English less than 'very well	907	2.2
Spanish	661	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	224	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	563	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	141	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	756	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	509	1.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,902	100.0
Total ancestries reported	37,069	86.4
Arab	110	0.3
Czech¹	95	0.2
Danish	45	0.1
Dutch	317	0.7
English	3,434	8.0
French (except Basque)¹	685	1.6
French Canadian¹	143	0.3
German	2,851	6.6
Greek	88	0.2
Hungarian	27	0.1
Irish¹	3,143	7.3
Italian	575	1.3
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	106	0.2
Polish	166	0.4
Portuguese	39	0.1
Russian	77	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,353	3.2
Scottish	1,047	2.4
Slovak	17	0.0
Subsaharan African	400	0.9
Swedish	159	0.4
Swiss	109	0.3
Ukrainian	56	0.1
United States or American	3,817	8.9
Welsh	178	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	47	0.1
Other ancestries	17,977	41.9

(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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