Jasper, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1341932, place: Jasper city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 414 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (10.39%)
Kindergarten: 5 (1.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 223 (53.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 87 (21.01%)
College or graduate school: 56 (13.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,461 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 249 (17.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 239 (16.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 423 (28.95%)
Some college, no degree: 281 (19.23%)
Associate degree: 46 (3.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 153 (10.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (4.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,673 (100%)
Never married: 274 (16.38%)
Now married, except separated: 906 (54.15%)
Separated: 22 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 240 (14.35%)
Widowed Female: 201 (12.01%)
Total Divorced: 231 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 147 (8.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,610 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 217 (13.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 380 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (2.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,076 (100%)
--With a disability: 301 (27.97%)
----Percent employed: 52.2%
--No disability: 775 (72.03%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 405 (100%)
--With a disability: 197 (48.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,926 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 985 (51.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 926 (48.08%)
--Same county: 426 (22.12%)
--Different county: 500 (25.96%)
----Same state: 282 (14.64%)
----Different state: 218 (11.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,079 (100%)
Native: 2,040 (98.12%)
--Born in United States: 2,031 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,398 (67.24%)
----Different state: 633 (30.45%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 39 (1.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (1.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 10 (25.64%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 4 (10.26%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (41.03%)
Northern America: 9 (23.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,926 (100%)
English only: 1,849 (96%)
Language other than English: 77 (4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (2.39%)
--Spanish: 40 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (1.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,079 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,834% (88.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 30 (1.44%)
English: 202 (9.72%)
French (except Basque): 41 (1.97%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.1%)
German: 162 (7.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.14%)
Irish: 239 (11.5%)
Italian: 38 (1.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.77%)
Polish: 10 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (1.35%)
Scottish: 68 (3.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.19%)
Swedish: 8 (0.38%)
Swiss: 4 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 553 (26.6%)
Welsh: 4 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 422 (20.3%)

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