Jefferson City, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4737960, place: Jefferson City city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,694 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 118 (4.38%)
Kindergarten: 73 (2.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 653 (24.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 281 (10.43%)
College or graduate school: 1,569 (58.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,200 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 779 (18.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 641 (15.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,128 (26.86%)
Some college, no degree: 729 (17.36%)
Associate degree: 179 (4.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 387 (9.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 357 (8.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,456 (100%)
Never married: 1,979 (30.65%)
Now married, except separated: 3,074 (47.61%)
Separated: 165 (2.56%)
Total Widowed: 535 (8.29%)
Widowed Female: 457 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 703 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 462 (7.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 213 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 138 (64.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,235 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 633 (10.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,959 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (9.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,112 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,025 (24.93%)
----Percent employed: 47.3%
--No disability: 3,087 (75.07%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 845 (100%)
--With a disability: 435 (51.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,188 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,838 (39.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,059 (56.47%)
--Same county: 1,388 (19.31%)
--Different county: 2,671 (37.16%)
----Same state: 1,564 (21.76%)
----Different state: 1,107 (15.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 291 (4.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,580 (100%)
Native: 7,364 (97.15%)
--Born in United States: 7,301 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,615 (60.88%)
----Different state: 2,686 (35.44%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 216 (2.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 204 (2.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.13%)
--Not a citizen: 206 (2.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 216 (100%)
Europe: 15 (6.94%)
Asia: 28 (12.96%)
Africa: 10 (4.63%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 149 (68.98%)
Northern America: 14 (6.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,188 (100%)
English only: 6,744 (93.82%)
Language other than English: 444 (6.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 245 (3.41%)
--Spanish: 300 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (2.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 92 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,580 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,526% (86.09%)
Arab: 33 (0.44%)
Czech: 35 (0.46%)
Danish: 29 (0.38%)
Dutch: 96 (1.27%)
English: 938 (12.37%)
French (except Basque): 116 (1.53%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.09%)
German: 649 (8.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.09%)
Irish: 732 (9.66%)
Italian: 194 (2.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 24 (0.32%)
Polish: 85 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 335 (4.42%)
Scottish: 119 (1.57%)
Slovak: 6 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 73 (0.96%)
Swedish: 64 (0.84%)
Swiss: 15 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.13%)
United States or American: 1,327 (17.51%)
Welsh: 72 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 1,528 (20.16%)

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