Jacksonville, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1235000, place: Jacksonville city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 201,479 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16,003 (7.94%)
Kindergarten: 11,703 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 91,536 (45.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 41,382 (20.54%)
College or graduate school: 40,855 (20.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 468,364 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20,803 (4.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 62,261 (13.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 138,418 (29.55%)
Some college, no degree: 112,993 (24.13%)
Associate degree: 34,898 (7.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 68,316 (14.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30,675 (6.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 570,371 (100%)
Never married: 151,380 (26.54%)
Now married, except separated: 290,247 (50.89%)
Separated: 16,910 (2.96%)
Total Widowed: 36,117 (6.33%)
Widowed Female: 29,588 (5.19%)
Total Divorced: 75,717 (13.28%)
Divorced Female: 43,878 (7.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17,624 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8,695 (49.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 524,587 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 93,045 (17.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 170,818 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,233 (8.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 417,490 (100%)
--With a disability: 93,075 (22.29%)
----Percent employed: 60.9%
--No disability: 324,415 (77.71%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 72,389 (100%)
--With a disability: 33,457 (46.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 682,120 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 333,734 (48.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 330,733 (48.49%)
--Same county: 203,447 (29.83%)
--Different county: 127,286 (18.66%)
----Same state: 44,474 (6.52%)
----Different state: 82,812 (12.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17,653 (2.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 735,503 (100%)
Native: 691,842 (94.06%)
--Born in United States: 678,249 (100%)
----State of residence: 361,776 (49.19%)
----Different state: 316,473 (43.03%)
--Born outside United States: 13,593 (1.85%)
Foreign born: 43,661 (5.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18,830 (2.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20,786 (2.83%)
--Not a citizen: 22,875 (3.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43,661 (100%)
Europe: 10,833 (24.81%)
Asia: 17,427 (39.91%)
Africa: 1,719 (3.94%)
Oceania: 136 (0.31%)
Latin America: 11,881 (27.21%)
Northern America: 1,665 (3.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 682,120 (100%)
English only: 616,988 (90.45%)
Language other than English: 65,132 (9.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22,901 (3.36%)
--Spanish: 28,171 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,891 (1.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17,964 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,439 (0.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14,416 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,191 (0.91%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 735,503 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 690,254% (93.85%)
Arab: 5,861 (0.8%)
Czech: 1,985 (0.27%)
Danish: 1,337 (0.18%)
Dutch: 7,635 (1.04%)
English: 62,798 (8.54%)
French (except Basque): 16,239 (2.21%)
French Canadian: 4,417 (0.6%)
German: 70,440 (9.58%)
Greek: 2,314 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 2,485 (0.34%)
Irish: 66,343 (9.02%)
Italian: 25,385 (3.45%)
Lithuanian: 1,014 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 4,816 (0.65%)
Polish: 10,500 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 1,184 (0.16%)
Russian: 3,705 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 13,064 (1.78%)
Scottish: 13,558 (1.84%)
Slovak: 564 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 8,010 (1.09%)
Swedish: 4,774 (0.65%)
Swiss: 1,064 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 1,294 (0.18%)
United States or American: 68,488 (9.31%)
Welsh: 3,699 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4,952 (0.67%)
Other ancestries: 282,329 (38.39%)

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