Jerome, ID

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1641320, place: Jerome city, Idaho)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,930 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 144 (7.46%)
Kindergarten: 111 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 929 (48.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 507 (26.27%)
College or graduate school: 239 (12.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 385 (8.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 882 (19.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,304 (29.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,118 (24.87%)
Associate degree: 310 (6.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 332 (7.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 164 (3.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,684 (100%)
Never married: 1,247 (21.94%)
Now married, except separated: 3,056 (53.76%)
Separated: 113 (1.99%)
Total Widowed: 470 (8.27%)
Widowed Female: 362 (6.37%)
Total Divorced: 798 (14.04%)
Divorced Female: 441 (7.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 114 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,300 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 771 (14.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,915 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (8.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,866 (100%)
--With a disability: 763 (19.74%)
----Percent employed: 56.6%
--No disability: 3,103 (80.26%)
----Percent employed: 79.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
--With a disability: 396 (37.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,890 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,237 (46.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,537 (51.34%)
--Same county: 1,479 (21.47%)
--Different county: 2,058 (29.87%)
----Same state: 1,062 (15.41%)
----Different state: 996 (14.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 116 (1.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,634 (100%)
Native: 7,030 (92.09%)
--Born in United States: 6,979 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,999 (52.38%)
----Different state: 2,980 (39.04%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 604 (7.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 304 (3.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 154 (2.02%)
--Not a citizen: 450 (5.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 604 (100%)
Europe: 40 (6.62%)
Asia: 5 (0.83%)
Africa: 11 (1.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 534 (88.41%)
Northern America: 14 (2.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,890 (100%)
English only: 5,889 (85.47%)
Language other than English: 1,001 (14.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 524 (7.61%)
--Spanish: 893 (12.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 504 (7.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 103 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,634 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,587% (99.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 32 (0.42%)
Danish: 175 (2.29%)
Dutch: 241 (3.16%)
English: 1,087 (14.24%)
French (except Basque): 170 (2.23%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.38%)
German: 1,102 (14.44%)
Greek: 32 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 610 (7.99%)
Italian: 168 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 193 (2.53%)
Polish: 118 (1.55%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.83%)
Russian: 57 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 139 (1.82%)
Scottish: 166 (2.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 188 (2.46%)
Swiss: 23 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.18%)
United States or American: 750 (9.82%)
Welsh: 60 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 2,165 (28.36%)

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