DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: PUMA004- Lee County, Pontotoc County, and Union County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 127,843 100.0
      enrolled in school 31,837 100.0   Native 126,236 98.7
Nursery school, preschool 2,119 6.7       Born in United States 125,763 98.4
Kindergarten 1,987 6.2           State of residence 99,022 77.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 16,440 51.6           Different state 26,741 20.9
High school (grades 9-12) 7,111 22.3       Born outside United States 473 0.4
College or graduate school 4,180 13.1   Foreign born 1,607 1.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 1,024 0.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 588 0.5
  Population 25 years and over 81,963 100.0       Not a citizen 1,019 0.8
Less than 9th grade 7,691 9.4        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 15,436 18.8   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 24,992 30.5     Total (excluding born at sea) 1,607 100.0
Some college, no degree 16,593 20.2   Europe 280 17.4
Associate degree 4,346 5.3   Asia 338 21.0
Bachelor's degree 8,761 10.7   Africa 9 0.6
Graduate or professional degree 4,144 5.1   Oceania 16 1.0
        Latin America 890 55.4
Percent high school graduate or higher 71.8 (X)   Northern America 74 4.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 15.7 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 118,384 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 98,510 100.0   English only 114,547 96.8
Never married 20,070 20.4   Language other than English 3,837 3.2
Now married, except separated 57,884 58.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 1,597 1.3
Separated 2,098 2.1   Spanish 2,621 2.2
Widowed 7,430 7.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 1,196 1.0
 Female 6,227 6.3   Other Indo-European languages 906 0.8
Divorced 11,028 11.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 270 0.2
 Female 6,138 6.2   Asian and Pacific Island languages 216 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 131 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 127,843 100.0
           under 18 years 2,952 100.0     Total ancestries reported 99,838 78.1
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 1,536 52.0   Arab 62 0.0
        Czech¹ 68 0.1
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 52 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 92,881 100.0   Dutch 963 0.8
Civilian veterans 10,671 11.5   English 8,958 7.0
        French (except Basque)¹ 1,502 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 81 0.1
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 5,255 4.1
     Population 5 to 20 years 30,170 100.0   Greek 168 0.1
With a disability 2,318 7.7   Hungarian 60 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 71,978 100.0   Irish¹ 10,597 8.3
With a disability 15,905 22.1   Italian 996 0.8
 Percent employed 54.1 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 56,073 77.9   Norwegian 328 0.3
 Percent employed 80.0 (X)   Polish 378 0.3
     Population 65 years and over 14,708 100.0   Portuguese 19 0.0
With a disability 7,371 50.1   Russian 51 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 2,237 1.7
        Scottish 1,792 1.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 27 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 118,384 100.0   Subsaharan African 1,033 0.8
Same house in 1995 68,684 58.0   Swedish 278 0.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 48,885 41.3   Swiss 64 0.1
 Same county 29,015 24.5   Ukrainian 14 0.0
 Different county 19,870 16.8   United States or American 30,543 23.9
  Same state 12,290 10.4   Welsh 358 0.3
  Different state 7,580 6.4   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 56 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 815 0.7   Other ancestries 33,898 26.5
 
Date: September 17, 2007
 
-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.