Jacksonville, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4837216, place: Jacksonville city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,713 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 257 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 229 (6.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,869 (50.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 727 (19.58%)
College or graduate school: 631 (16.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,108 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,268 (15.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,739 (21.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,285 (28.18%)
Some college, no degree: 1,316 (16.23%)
Associate degree: 266 (3.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 786 (9.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 448 (5.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,362 (100%)
Never married: 2,624 (25.32%)
Now married, except separated: 5,441 (52.51%)
Separated: 294 (2.84%)
Total Widowed: 1,144 (11.04%)
Widowed Female: 981 (9.47%)
Total Divorced: 859 (8.29%)
Divorced Female: 546 (5.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 369 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 161 (43.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,847 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,086 (11.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,849 (100%)
--With a disability: 322 (8.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,667 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,690 (25.35%)
----Percent employed: 52.2%
--No disability: 4,977 (74.65%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,850 (100%)
--With a disability: 850 (45.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,680 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,984 (47.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,092 (48.04%)
--Same county: 3,670 (28.94%)
--Different county: 2,422 (19.1%)
----Same state: 2,052 (16.18%)
----Different state: 370 (2.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 604 (4.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,892 (100%)
Native: 11,922 (85.82%)
--Born in United States: 11,861 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,459 (75.29%)
----Different state: 1,402 (10.09%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 1,970 (14.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,289 (9.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 450 (3.24%)
--Not a citizen: 1,520 (10.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,970 (100%)
Europe: 18 (0.91%)
Asia: 41 (2.08%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,893 (96.09%)
Northern America: 18 (0.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,680 (100%)
English only: 9,899 (78.07%)
Language other than English: 2,781 (21.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,781 (14.05%)
--Spanish: 2,709 (21.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,762 (13.9%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,892 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,451% (82.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 71 (0.51%)
Danish: 8 (0.06%)
Dutch: 90 (0.65%)
English: 917 (6.6%)
French (except Basque): 175 (1.26%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.28%)
German: 703 (5.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,051 (7.57%)
Italian: 107 (0.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.34%)
Polish: 15 (0.11%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (1.63%)
Scottish: 94 (0.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 128 (0.92%)
Swedish: 30 (0.22%)
Swiss: 5 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,255 (9.03%)
Welsh: 10 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 6,453 (46.45%)

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