Jacksboro, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4737600, place: Jacksboro town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 375 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (6.93%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (42.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 96 (25.6%)
College or graduate school: 75 (20%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,357 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 208 (15.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 203 (14.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 477 (35.15%)
Some college, no degree: 261 (19.23%)
Associate degree: 31 (2.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 118 (8.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (4.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,590 (100%)
Never married: 250 (15.72%)
Now married, except separated: 991 (62.33%)
Separated: 31 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 117 (7.36%)
Widowed Female: 104 (6.54%)
Total Divorced: 201 (12.64%)
Divorced Female: 101 (6.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,517 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 248 (16.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (14.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,076 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (23.98%)
----Percent employed: 23.6%
--No disability: 818 (76.02%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
Population 65 years and over: 280 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (57.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,792 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,086 (60.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 706 (39.4%)
--Same county: 465 (25.95%)
--Different county: 241 (13.45%)
----Same state: 130 (7.25%)
----Different state: 111 (6.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,897 (100%)
Native: 1,893 (99.79%)
--Born in United States: 1,893 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,345 (70.9%)
----Different state: 548 (28.89%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 4 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,792 (100%)
English only: 1,745 (97.38%)
Language other than English: 47 (2.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.84%)
--Spanish: 18 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,897 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,222% (64.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (1.48%)
English: 184 (9.7%)
French (except Basque): 16 (0.84%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 152 (8.01%)
Greek: 12 (0.63%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 220 (11.6%)
Italian: 27 (1.42%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.26%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (2.9%)
Scottish: 59 (3.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 4 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 258 (13.6%)
Welsh: 6 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 190 (10.02%)

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