Jackson, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2139952, place: Jackson city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 608 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (6.09%)
Kindergarten: 40 (6.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 263 (43.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 102 (16.78%)
College or graduate school: 166 (27.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,711 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 332 (19.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 286 (16.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 394 (23.03%)
Some college, no degree: 232 (13.56%)
Associate degree: 80 (4.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 213 (12.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 174 (10.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,078 (100%)
Never married: 386 (18.58%)
Now married, except separated: 1,144 (55.05%)
Separated: 63 (3.03%)
Total Widowed: 225 (10.83%)
Widowed Female: 205 (9.87%)
Total Divorced: 260 (12.51%)
Divorced Female: 194 (9.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (63.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,015 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 184 (9.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 506 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (8.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,456 (100%)
--With a disability: 515 (35.37%)
----Percent employed: 22.3%
--No disability: 941 (64.63%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
Population 65 years and over: 298 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (63.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,401 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,431 (59.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 920 (38.32%)
--Same county: 595 (24.78%)
--Different county: 325 (13.54%)
----Same state: 212 (8.83%)
----Different state: 113 (4.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (2.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,553 (100%)
Native: 2,523 (98.82%)
--Born in United States: 2,520 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,128 (83.35%)
----Different state: 392 (15.35%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.12%)
Foreign born: 30 (1.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (1.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 30 (1.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 30 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,401 (100%)
English only: 2,296 (95.63%)
Language other than English: 105 (4.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 39 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (2.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,553 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,495% (58.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (0.43%)
English: 209 (8.19%)
French (except Basque): 23 (0.9%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 152 (5.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 232 (9.09%)
Italian: 12 (0.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (1.41%)
Scottish: 59 (2.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.2%)
Swiss: 2 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 525 (20.56%)
Welsh: 4 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 221 (8.66%)

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