Jefferson, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1341988, place: Jefferson city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 909 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (5.72%)
Kindergarten: 52 (5.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 463 (50.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 201 (22.11%)
College or graduate school: 141 (15.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,514 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 320 (12.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 468 (18.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 674 (26.81%)
Some college, no degree: 475 (18.89%)
Associate degree: 103 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 277 (11.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 197 (7.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,996 (100%)
Never married: 629 (20.99%)
Now married, except separated: 1,693 (56.51%)
Separated: 57 (1.9%)
Total Widowed: 199 (6.64%)
Widowed Female: 168 (5.61%)
Total Divorced: 418 (13.95%)
Divorced Female: 232 (7.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 138 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (46.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,820 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 329 (11.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 892 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (5.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,155 (100%)
--With a disability: 440 (20.42%)
----Percent employed: 42.3%
--No disability: 1,715 (79.58%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 507 (100%)
--With a disability: 280 (55.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,558 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,621 (45.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,887 (53.04%)
--Same county: 814 (22.88%)
--Different county: 1,073 (30.16%)
----Same state: 721 (20.26%)
----Different state: 352 (9.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (1.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,809 (100%)
Native: 3,640 (95.56%)
--Born in United States: 3,637 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,624 (68.89%)
----Different state: 1,013 (26.59%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 169 (4.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 108 (2.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (1.89%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (2.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 169 (100%)
Europe: 13 (7.69%)
Asia: 41 (24.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 105 (62.13%)
Northern America: 10 (5.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,558 (100%)
English only: 3,213 (90.3%)
Language other than English: 345 (9.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (6.63%)
--Spanish: 189 (5.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 149 (4.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 122 (3.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (1.85%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,809 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,880% (75.61%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 10 (0.26%)
Dutch: 16 (0.42%)
English: 252 (6.62%)
French (except Basque): 49 (1.29%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.53%)
German: 243 (6.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 237 (6.22%)
Italian: 64 (1.68%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.42%)
Polish: 32 (0.84%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.21%)
Russian: 8 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 102 (2.68%)
Scottish: 30 (0.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.42%)
Swedish: 27 (0.71%)
Swiss: 4 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.24%)
United States or American: 806 (21.16%)
Welsh: 10 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 917 (24.07%)

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