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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Jefferson County
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
170,979
163,825
178,133
Nursery school, preschool
10,214
7,384
13,044
Kindergarten
10,738
6,940
14,536
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
74,500
69,936
79,064
High school grade (grades 9-12)
36,383
33,058
39,708
College or graduate school
39,144
33,719
44,569
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
426,949
424,159
429,739
Less than 9th grade
25,177
19,328
31,026
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
53,733
45,262
62,204
High school graduate (including equivalency)
117,320
106,344
128,296
Some college, no degree
103,166
92,418
113,914
Associate degree
27,632
22,111
33,153
Bachelor's degree
62,343
55,436
69,250
Graduate or professional degree
37,578
32,450
42,706
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.5
79.2
83.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
23.4
21.3
25.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
237,459
235,789
239,129
Never married
70,942
65,278
76,606
Now married, except separated
128,537
121,444
135,630
Separated
5,042
2,453
7,631
Widowed
8,482
5,425
11,539
Divorced
24,456
19,163
29,749
 
Females 15 years and over
275,116
274,288
275,944
Never married
71,629
64,590
78,668
Now married, except separated
121,445
112,853
130,037
Separated
8,263
4,735
11,791
Widowed
38,627
34,121
43,133
Divorced
35,152
29,288
41,016
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,460
6,756
12,164
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,313
2,013
6,613
Per 1,000 unmarried women
48
23
73
As a percent of all women with a birth
45.6
28.8
62.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
54
39
69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
68
14
122
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
87
52
122
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
8
41
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
18,585
13,529
23,641
Responsible for grandchildren
9,557
5,523
13,591
less than 1 year
1,290
99
2,481
1 or 2 years
2,037
344
3,730
3 or 4 years
2,925
0
6,040
5 or more years
3,305
1,320
5,290
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
57.0
44.0
70.0
Percent who are married
72.3
51.8
92.8
Percent who are in labor force
55.3
35.5
75.1
Percent who are in poverty
23.6
4.0
43.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
484,346
482,689
486,003
Civilian veterans
66,022
60,196
71,848
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
142,770
139,914
145,626
With a disability
12,585
8,965
16,205
 
Population 21 to 64 years
374,948
371,919
377,977
With a disability
65,506
57,842
73,170
Percent employed
44.2
37.3
51.1
No disability
309,442
301,454
317,430
Percent employed
78.8
76.2
81.4
 
Population 65 years and over
85,021
84,554
85,488
With a disability
39,938
35,999
43,877
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
638,592
636,069
641,115
Same house
536,614
519,980
553,248
Different house in the U.S.
98,205
81,746
114,664
Same county
76,492
60,749
92,235
Different county
21,713
16,585
26,841
Same state
12,268
8,650
15,886
Different state
9,445
4,850
14,040
Abroad
3,773
709
6,837
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
645,934
*****
*****
Native
626,875
622,281
631,469
Born in United States
621,054
616,030
626,078
State of residence
510,196
500,407
519,985
Different state
110,858
101,699
120,017
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
5,821
3,227
8,415
Foreign born
19,059
14,465
23,653
Naturalized citizen
6,756
4,299
9,213
Not a citizen
12,303
8,195
16,412
Entered 1990 or later
11,786
7,466
16,106
Entered before 1990
7,273
4,803
9,743
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
19,059
14,465
23,653
Europe
458
0
1,006
Asia
6,611
4,436
8,786
Africa
2,569
0
5,207
Oceania
1,106
0
2,594
Latin America
8,008
5,878
10,138
Northern America
307
0
667
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
603,608
602,833
604,384
English only
581,218
577,657
584,779
Language other than English
22,390
18,719
26,061
Speak English less than "very well"
14,126
10,984
17,268
Spanish
14,148
11,077
17,219
Speak English less than "very well"
9,386
7,056
11,716
Other Indo-European languages
2,237
503
3,971
Speak English less than "very well"
1,050
103
1,997
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4,498
2,150
6,846
Speak English less than "very well"
3,473
1,115
5,831
Other languages
1,507
197
2,817
Speak English less than "very well"
217
0
582
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
645,934
*****
*****
Arab
2,864
704
5,024
Czech
193
0
510
Danish
434
0
1,150
Dutch
4,143
2,084
6,202
English
70,332
60,407
80,257
French (except Basque)
13,219
7,914
18,524
French Canadian
3,020
443
5,597
German
35,737
29,809
41,665
Greek
1,073
0
2,400
Hungarian
1,272
0
2,836
Irish
56,470
47,362
65,578
Italian
11,184
7,285
15,083
Lithuanian
211
0
554
Norwegian
1,496
178
2,814
Polish
2,557
1,041
4,073
Portuguese
0
0
558
Russian
1,689
417
2,961
Scotch-Irish
12,965
8,739
17,191
Scottish
12,998
8,911
17,085
Slovak
0
0
558
Subsaharan African
3,741
792
6,690
Swedish
2,396
1,249
3,543
Swiss
484
0
1,065
Ukrainian
333
0
722
United States or American
71,806
61,858
81,754
Welsh
560
0
1,167
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
364
0
780
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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