Jeffersontown, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2140222, place: Jeffersontown city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,910 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 630 (9.12%)
Kindergarten: 437 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,861 (41.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,584 (22.92%)
College or graduate school: 1,398 (20.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,856 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 477 (2.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,182 (6.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,340 (24.31%)
Some college, no degree: 4,567 (25.58%)
Associate degree: 1,474 (8.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,997 (22.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,819 (10.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,864 (100%)
Never married: 4,612 (22.11%)
Now married, except separated: 12,149 (58.23%)
Separated: 199 (0.95%)
Total Widowed: 1,250 (5.99%)
Widowed Female: 1,079 (5.17%)
Total Divorced: 2,654 (12.72%)
Divorced Female: 1,650 (7.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 409 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 173 (42.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,767 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,483 (12.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,539 (100%)
--With a disability: 289 (5.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,064 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,969 (12.26%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 14,095 (87.74%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,510 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,000 (39.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,540 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,291 (50.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,689 (47.63%)
--Same county: 7,613 (31.02%)
--Different county: 4,076 (16.61%)
----Same state: 1,234 (5.03%)
----Different state: 2,842 (11.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 560 (2.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,610 (100%)
Native: 25,207 (94.73%)
--Born in United States: 25,065 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,313 (68.82%)
----Different state: 6,752 (25.37%)
--Born outside United States: 142 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 1,403 (5.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 986 (3.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 453 (1.7%)
--Not a citizen: 950 (3.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,403 (100%)
Europe: 492 (35.07%)
Asia: 416 (29.65%)
Africa: 127 (9.05%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 321 (22.88%)
Northern America: 47 (3.35%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,540 (100%)
English only: 22,881 (93.24%)
Language other than English: 1,659 (6.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 759 (3.09%)
--Spanish: 586 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 698 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 358 (1.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 204 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,610 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,398% (102.96%)
Arab: 173 (0.65%)
Czech: 70 (0.26%)
Danish: 34 (0.13%)
Dutch: 600 (2.25%)
English: 3,257 (12.24%)
French (except Basque): 695 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 97 (0.36%)
German: 6,214 (23.35%)
Greek: 22 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 74 (0.28%)
Irish: 4,301 (16.16%)
Italian: 914 (3.43%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 119 (0.45%)
Polish: 326 (1.23%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.06%)
Russian: 241 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 375 (1.41%)
Scottish: 632 (2.38%)
Slovak: 22 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 265 (1%)
Swedish: 215 (0.81%)
Swiss: 82 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 114 (0.43%)
United States or American: 3,361 (12.63%)
Welsh: 150 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 4,976 (18.7%)

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