Jefferson, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3734440, place: Jefferson town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 205 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (8.29%)
Kindergarten: 16 (7.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 101 (49.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 43 (20.98%)
College or graduate school: 28 (13.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 238 (22.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 167 (15.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 300 (28.09%)
Some college, no degree: 184 (17.23%)
Associate degree: 54 (5.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 97 (9.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,182 (100%)
Never married: 219 (18.53%)
Now married, except separated: 650 (54.99%)
Separated: 27 (2.28%)
Total Widowed: 164 (13.87%)
Widowed Female: 151 (12.77%)
Total Divorced: 122 (10.32%)
Divorced Female: 56 (4.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,149 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 165 (14.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (10.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 606 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (28.22%)
----Percent employed: 43.3%
--No disability: 435 (71.78%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 280 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (50.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,316 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 739 (56.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 553 (42.02%)
--Same county: 334 (25.38%)
--Different county: 219 (16.64%)
----Same state: 145 (11.02%)
----Different state: 74 (5.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (1.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,372 (100%)
Native: 1,328 (96.79%)
--Born in United States: 1,322 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,018 (74.2%)
----Different state: 304 (22.16%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 44 (3.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (1.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (3.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 10 (22.73%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 2 (4.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 32 (72.73%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,316 (100%)
English only: 1,257 (95.52%)
Language other than English: 59 (4.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (2.51%)
--Spanish: 48 (3.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (2.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,372 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 860% (62.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 37 (2.7%)
English: 155 (11.3%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.22%)
German: 171 (12.46%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 101 (7.36%)
Italian: 16 (1.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.22%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (2.33%)
Scottish: 36 (2.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (0.87%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 160 (11.66%)
Welsh: 6 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 114 (8.31%)

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