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Mississippi
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

2,749,243

*****

*****

Native

 2,717,164 2,710,107 2,724,221

Born in United States

 2,699,472 2,689,758 2,709,186

State of residence

 2,042,920 1,942,054 2,143,786

Different state

 656,552 554,622 758,482

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 17,692 13,448 21,936

Foreign born

 32,079 25,022 39,136

Naturalized citizen

 16,481 11,920 21,042

Not a citizen

 15,598 10,077 21,119

Entered 1990 to 2000

 15,075 9,894 20,256

Entered before 1990

 17,004 12,777 21,231
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

32,079

25,022

39,136

Europe

 5,359 3,930 6,788

Asia

 12,540 8,135 16,946

Africa

 745 306 1,184

Oceania

 164 0 443

Latin America

 12,261 7,291 17,231

Northern America

 1,010 437 1,583
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

2,555,633

2,546,190

2,565,076

English only

 2,481,297 2,466,044 2,496,550

Language other than English

 74,336 63,309 85,363

Speak English less than "very well"

 23,905 17,594 30,216

Spanish

 36,426 29,308 43,544

Speak English less than "very well"

 13,302 9,458 17,147

Other Indo-European languages

 24,280 18,508 30,052

Speak English less than "very well"

 5,271 3,019 7,523

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 9,416 5,631 13,201

Speak English less than "very well"

 4,906 1,849 7,963

Other languages

 4,214 1,490 6,938

Speak English less than "very well"

 426 40 812
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

2,749,243

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*****

Arab

 2,900 1,663 4,138

Czech

 1,106 337 1,875

Danish

 1,399 579 2,219

Dutch

 30,517 22,993 38,041

English

 256,139 210,650 301,628

French (except Basque)

 63,268 53,023 73,513

French Canadian

 5,053 2,966 7,140

German

 146,980 134,737 159,223

Greek

 2,875 1,202 4,548

Hungarian

 3,168 1,079 5,257

Irish

 247,931 231,443 264,419

Italian

 48,717 40,716 56,718

Lithuanian

 1,022 0 2,420

Norwegian

 5,397 3,170 7,625

Polish

 14,243 8,448 20,038

Portuguese

 551 49 1,053

Russian

 3,503 1,355 5,651

Scotch-Irish

 68,934 60,704 77,164

Scottish

 37,254 30,664 43,844

Slovak

 337 0 692

Subsaharan African

 54,054 14,949 93,159

Swedish

 10,918 4,983 16,853

Swiss

 1,991 933 3,049

Ukrainian

 333 51 615

United States or American

 337,016 303,328 370,704

Welsh

 10,802 6,735 14,869

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 3,022 598 5,446
       

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

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.