Jeffersonville, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1838358, place: Jeffersonville city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,416 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 589 (9.18%)
Kindergarten: 391 (6.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,882 (44.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,369 (21.34%)
College or graduate school: 1,185 (18.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,532 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,066 (5.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,591 (13.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,763 (36.49%)
Some college, no degree: 4,242 (22.89%)
Associate degree: 1,115 (6.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,727 (9.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,028 (5.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,948 (100%)
Never married: 5,220 (23.78%)
Now married, except separated: 11,495 (52.37%)
Separated: 421 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 1,461 (6.66%)
Widowed Female: 1,235 (5.63%)
Total Divorced: 3,351 (15.27%)
Divorced Female: 1,867 (8.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 436 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 262 (60.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,907 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,188 (15.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,683 (100%)
--With a disability: 532 (9.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,401 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,160 (19.27%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 13,241 (80.73%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,139 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,366 (43.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,667 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,086 (50.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,371 (48.2%)
--Same county: 6,837 (26.64%)
--Different county: 5,534 (21.56%)
----Same state: 2,194 (8.55%)
----Different state: 3,340 (13.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 210 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,463 (100%)
Native: 27,007 (98.34%)
--Born in United States: 26,863 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,320 (44.86%)
----Different state: 14,543 (52.95%)
--Born outside United States: 144 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 456 (1.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 206 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 209 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 247 (0.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 456 (100%)
Europe: 166 (36.4%)
Asia: 96 (21.05%)
Africa: 91 (19.96%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 84 (18.42%)
Northern America: 19 (4.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,667 (100%)
English only: 24,846 (96.8%)
Language other than English: 821 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (1.05%)
--Spanish: 401 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 269 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 63 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,463 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,896% (87.01%)
Arab: 25 (0.09%)
Czech: 35 (0.13%)
Danish: 13 (0.05%)
Dutch: 377 (1.37%)
English: 2,224 (8.1%)
French (except Basque): 703 (2.56%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.14%)
German: 5,184 (18.88%)
Greek: 13 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 62 (0.23%)
Irish: 3,529 (12.85%)
Italian: 438 (1.59%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 124 (0.45%)
Polish: 270 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.1%)
Russian: 51 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 481 (1.75%)
Scottish: 520 (1.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 278 (1.01%)
Swedish: 67 (0.24%)
Swiss: 26 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.05%)
United States or American: 3,539 (12.89%)
Welsh: 127 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 26 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 5,697 (20.74%)

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