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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Mississippi
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
756,628
739,775
773,481
Nursery school, preschool
48,850
44,776
52,924
Kindergarten
43,177
38,509
47,845
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
362,287
356,174
368,400
High school grade (grades 9-12)
161,641
155,731
167,551
College or graduate school
140,673
127,348
153,998
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,708,691
1,703,406
1,713,976
Less than 9th grade
145,182
136,892
153,472
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
289,636
256,892
322,380
High school graduate (including equivalency)
498,410
478,163
518,657
Some college, no degree
350,143
329,122
371,164
Associate degree
102,610
95,263
109,957
Bachelor's degree
211,328
199,705
222,951
Graduate or professional degree
111,382
99,858
122,906
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
74.6
72.6
76.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
18.9
17.9
19.9
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
991,373
987,344
995,402
Never married
291,111
280,700
301,523
Now married, except separated
558,846
546,197
571,495
Separated
26,396
22,486
30,307
Widowed
26,921
22,920
30,922
Divorced
88,099
81,941
94,257
 
Females 15 years and over
1,124,446
1,121,481
1,127,411
Never married
287,689
278,286
297,092
Now married, except separated
535,943
523,665
548,221
Separated
43,765
38,744
48,786
Widowed
132,882
126,241
139,523
Divorced
124,167
116,726
131,609
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
43,355
37,686
49,024
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
19,656
15,779
23,534
Per 1,000 unmarried women
55
43
67
As a percent of all women with a birth
45.3
40.0
50.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
60
52
68
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
60
40
80
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
111
93
129
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
16
11
21
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
81,633
75,404
87,862
Responsible for grandchildren
49,751
44,451
55,051
less than 1 year
10,752
7,449
14,055
1 or 2 years
13,982
10,034
17,930
3 or 4 years
5,303
3,742
6,864
5 or more years
19,714
16,714
22,714
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
64.8
60.7
68.9
Percent who are married
67.4
62.6
72.2
Percent who are in labor force
59.4
54.8
64.0
Percent who are in poverty
28.3
23.7
32.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,974,239
1,968,583
1,979,895
Civilian veterans
227,508
217,600
237,416
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
686,993
679,969
694,017
With a disability
58,678
53,226
64,130
 
Population 21 to 64 years
1,528,206
1,520,142
1,536,270
With a disability
295,456
284,271
306,641
Percent employed
37.0
35.2
38.8
No disability
1,232,750
1,218,827
1,246,673
Percent employed
78.2
77.4
79.0
 
Population 65 years and over
323,773
320,795
326,751
With a disability
175,493
168,530
182,456
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,725,680
2,720,662
2,730,698
Same house
2,331,307
2,303,478
2,359,136
Different house in the U.S.
389,059
360,121
417,997
Same county
248,977
224,852
273,102
Different county
140,082
125,227
154,937
Same state
82,651
71,911
93,391
Different state
57,431
47,260
67,602
Abroad
5,314
2,384
8,244
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,762,576
*****
*****
Native
2,721,567
2,715,850
2,727,284
Born in United States
2,709,347
2,703,242
2,715,452
State of residence
2,036,282
1,914,504
2,158,060
Different state
673,065
553,630
792,500
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
12,220
9,441
14,999
Foreign born
41,009
35,292
46,726
Naturalized citizen
20,404
16,837
23,971
Not a citizen
20,605
16,209
25,001
Entered 1990 or later
19,940
14,647
25,233
Entered before 1990
21,069
17,865
24,273
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
41,009
35,292
46,726
Europe
6,654
4,682
8,626
Asia
12,916
10,530
15,302
Africa
2,497
0
5,038
Oceania
1,084
0
2,592
Latin America
15,562
11,945
19,179
Northern America
2,296
176
4,416
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,551,450
2,549,660
2,553,240
English only
2,474,146
2,465,178
2,483,114
Language other than English
77,304
68,326
86,282
Speak English less than "very well"
25,066
21,363
28,769
Spanish
40,272
34,862
45,682
Speak English less than "very well"
15,065
11,585
18,545
Other Indo-European languages
19,446
15,610
23,282
Speak English less than "very well"
5,791
3,253
8,329
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
14,059
10,533
17,585
Speak English less than "very well"
3,610
2,605
4,615
Other languages
3,527
1,238
5,816
Speak English less than "very well"
600
348
852
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,762,576
*****
*****
Arab
3,372
1,747
4,997
Czech
1,596
665
2,527
Danish
2,384
859
3,909
Dutch
25,581
21,336
29,826
English
241,690
205,524
277,856
French (except Basque)
76,474
68,189
84,759
French Canadian
6,734
4,676
8,792
German
172,335
152,665
192,005
Greek
2,950
1,665
4,235
Hungarian
925
296
1,554
Irish
261,292
246,617
275,967
Italian
45,035
36,529
53,541
Lithuanian
681
0
1,745
Norwegian
5,771
3,745
7,797
Polish
17,635
12,781
22,489
Portuguese
1,471
202
2,740
Russian
1,931
1,111
2,751
Scotch-Irish
70,475
62,829
78,121
Scottish
44,922
37,416
52,428
Slovak
1,632
192
3,072
Subsaharan African
38,703
13,734
63,672
Swedish
10,603
6,338
14,868
Swiss
1,946
265
3,627
Ukrainian
1,244
21
2,467
United States or American
376,730
343,936
409,524
Welsh
6,405
4,445
8,365
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
617
170
1,064
 

The 2001 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the 2001 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2001 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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