Jasper, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4837420, place: Jasper city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,125 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 180 (8.47%)
Kindergarten: 119 (5.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,068 (50.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 619 (29.13%)
College or graduate school: 139 (6.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,284 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 662 (12.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 948 (17.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,822 (34.48%)
Some college, no degree: 1,042 (19.72%)
Associate degree: 171 (3.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 430 (8.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 209 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,523 (100%)
Never married: 1,507 (23.1%)
Now married, except separated: 3,351 (51.37%)
Separated: 265 (4.06%)
Total Widowed: 733 (11.24%)
Widowed Female: 631 (9.67%)
Total Divorced: 667 (10.23%)
Divorced Female: 391 (5.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 249 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 154 (61.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,080 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 588 (9.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,009 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (7.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,080 (28.27%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
--No disability: 2,740 (71.73%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,122 (100%)
--With a disability: 576 (51.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,759 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,111 (52.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,508 (45.21%)
--Same county: 1,895 (24.42%)
--Different county: 1,613 (20.79%)
----Same state: 1,332 (17.17%)
----Different state: 281 (3.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 140 (1.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,399 (100%)
Native: 8,026 (95.56%)
--Born in United States: 8,019 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,928 (82.49%)
----Different state: 1,091 (12.99%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 373 (4.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 231 (2.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 307 (3.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 373 (100%)
Europe: 15 (4.02%)
Asia: 31 (8.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 318 (85.25%)
Northern America: 9 (2.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,759 (100%)
English only: 6,978 (89.93%)
Language other than English: 781 (10.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 450 (5.8%)
--Spanish: 674 (8.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 398 (5.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 76 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 31 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,399 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,953% (82.78%)
Arab: 7 (0.08%)
Czech: 6 (0.07%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 43 (0.51%)
English: 595 (7.08%)
French (except Basque): 204 (2.43%)
French Canadian: 98 (1.17%)
German: 297 (3.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 502 (5.98%)
Italian: 34 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.3%)
Polish: 15 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 78 (0.93%)
Scottish: 38 (0.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 80 (0.95%)
Swedish: 8 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 744 (8.86%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,179 (49.76%)

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