DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: PUMA005- Coahoma County, Panola County, Quitman County, Tate County, and Tunica 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 109,610 100.0
      enrolled in school 31,467 100.0   Native 108,969 99.4
Nursery school, preschool 2,316 7.4       Born in United States 108,695 99.2
Kindergarten 1,955 6.2           State of residence 84,803 77.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 15,554 49.4           Different state 23,892 21.8
High school (grades 9-12) 7,396 23.5       Born outside United States 274 0.2
College or graduate school 4,246 13.5   Foreign born 641 0.6
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 381 0.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 280 0.3
  Population 25 years and over 64,700 100.0       Not a citizen 361 0.3
Less than 9th grade 9,120 14.1        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 14,115 21.8   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 17,934 27.7     Total (excluding born at sea) 637 100.0
Some college, no degree 11,852 18.3   Europe 100 15.7
Associate degree 3,623 5.6   Asia 239 37.5
Bachelor's degree 5,743 8.9   Africa 4 0.6
Graduate or professional degree 2,313 3.6   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 257 40.3
Percent high school graduate or higher 64.1 (X)   Northern America 37 5.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.5 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 100,867 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 82,176 100.0   English only 98,492 97.6
Never married 25,262 30.7   Language other than English 2,375 2.4
Now married, except separated 38,588 47.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 857 0.8
Separated 3,252 4.0   Spanish 1,430 1.4
Widowed 7,775 9.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 610 0.6
 Female 6,300 7.7   Other Indo-European languages 577 0.6
Divorced 7,299 8.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 136 0.1
 Female 3,952 4.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 285 0.3
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 91 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 109,610 100.0
           under 18 years 4,481 100.0     Total ancestries reported 87,389 79.7
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 2,369 52.9   Arab 188 0.2
        Czech¹ 21 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 21 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 76,280 100.0   Dutch 645 0.6
Civilian veterans 7,380 9.7   English 4,283 3.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 940 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 85 0.1
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 2,766 2.5
     Population 5 to 20 years 30,190 100.0   Greek 44 0.0
With a disability 2,817 9.3   Hungarian 25 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 56,870 100.0   Irish¹ 5,633 5.1
With a disability 16,393 28.8   Italian 929 0.8
 Percent employed 49.5 (X)   Lithuanian 11 0.0
No disability 40,477 71.2   Norwegian 157 0.1
 Percent employed 70.1 (X)   Polish 201 0.2
     Population 65 years and over 12,491 100.0   Portuguese 2 0.0
With a disability 6,575 52.6   Russian 37 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 1,486 1.4
        Scottish 622 0.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 8 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 100,867 100.0   Subsaharan African 928 0.8
Same house in 1995 63,153 62.6   Swedish 157 0.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 37,283 37.0   Swiss 48 0.0
 Same county 21,761 21.6   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 15,522 15.4   United States or American 12,455 11.4
  Same state 8,306 8.2   Welsh 168 0.2
  Different state 7,216 7.2   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 34 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 431 0.4   Other ancestries 55,495 50.6
 
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.