Jasper, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4737820, place: Jasper town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 758 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (5.67%)
Kindergarten: 32 (4.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 362 (47.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 175 (23.09%)
College or graduate school: 146 (19.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,175 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 222 (10.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 296 (13.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 806 (37.06%)
Some college, no degree: 406 (18.67%)
Associate degree: 187 (8.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 143 (6.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 115 (5.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,580 (100%)
Never married: 483 (18.72%)
Now married, except separated: 1,635 (63.37%)
Separated: 50 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 139 (5.39%)
Widowed Female: 130 (5.04%)
Total Divorced: 273 (10.58%)
Divorced Female: 156 (6.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 50 (48.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,458 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 398 (16.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 683 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (9.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,779 (100%)
--With a disability: 503 (28.27%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 1,276 (71.73%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 471 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (37.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,005 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,089 (69.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 902 (30.02%)
--Same county: 565 (18.8%)
--Different county: 337 (11.21%)
----Same state: 101 (3.36%)
----Different state: 236 (7.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,178 (100%)
Native: 3,142 (98.87%)
--Born in United States: 3,123 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,215 (69.7%)
----Different state: 908 (28.57%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 36 (1.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 36 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,005 (100%)
English only: 2,885 (96.01%)
Language other than English: 120 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (1.96%)
--Spanish: 20 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 48 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 52 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (1.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,178 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,407% (75.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 36 (1.13%)
English: 397 (12.49%)
French (except Basque): 28 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.25%)
German: 201 (6.32%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 266 (8.37%)
Italian: 70 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.31%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 78 (2.45%)
Scottish: 28 (0.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (0.76%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.19%)
United States or American: 738 (23.22%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 517 (16.27%)

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