Jackson, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2641420, place: Jackson city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,814 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 694 (7.07%)
Kindergarten: 739 (7.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,830 (49.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,828 (18.63%)
College or graduate school: 1,723 (17.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,942 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,250 (5.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,735 (17.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,772 (30.86%)
Some college, no degree: 5,707 (26.01%)
Associate degree: 1,613 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,026 (9.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 839 (3.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,021 (100%)
Never married: 8,529 (31.56%)
Now married, except separated: 11,366 (42.06%)
Separated: 567 (2.1%)
Total Widowed: 2,150 (7.96%)
Widowed Female: 1,746 (6.46%)
Total Divorced: 4,409 (16.32%)
Divorced Female: 2,586 (9.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 722 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 298 (41.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,154 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,769 (100%)
--With a disability: 929 (10.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,552 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,531 (23.17%)
----Percent employed: 46.1%
--No disability: 15,021 (76.83%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 4,083 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,980 (48.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 33,019 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,768 (50.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,899 (48.15%)
--Same county: 11,581 (35.07%)
--Different county: 4,318 (13.08%)
----Same state: 2,300 (6.97%)
----Different state: 2,018 (6.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 352 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,316 (100%)
Native: 35,658 (98.19%)
--Born in United States: 35,397 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,093 (77.36%)
----Different state: 7,304 (20.11%)
--Born outside United States: 261 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 658 (1.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 303 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 209 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 449 (1.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 658 (100%)
Europe: 182 (27.66%)
Asia: 109 (16.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (0.91%)
Latin America: 297 (45.14%)
Northern America: 64 (9.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 33,019 (100%)
English only: 31,143 (94.32%)
Language other than English: 1,876 (5.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 761 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 993 (3.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 459 (1.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 735 (2.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 209 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 83 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,316 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,349% (97.34%)
Arab: 11 (0.03%)
Czech: 73 (0.2%)
Danish: 52 (0.14%)
Dutch: 1,267 (3.49%)
English: 3,581 (9.86%)
French (except Basque): 1,125 (3.1%)
French Canadian: 527 (1.45%)
German: 5,955 (16.4%)
Greek: 84 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 122 (0.34%)
Irish: 4,078 (11.23%)
Italian: 878 (2.42%)
Lithuanian: 82 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 253 (0.7%)
Polish: 2,577 (7.1%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.05%)
Russian: 86 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 546 (1.5%)
Scottish: 697 (1.92%)
Slovak: 16 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 249 (0.69%)
Swedish: 211 (0.58%)
Swiss: 39 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 57 (0.16%)
United States or American: 2,036 (5.61%)
Welsh: 117 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 10,590 (29.16%)

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