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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
161,968
156,081
167,855
Nursery school, preschool
8,701
6,483
10,919
Kindergarten
9,108
6,503
11,713
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
78,422
74,916
81,928
High school grade (grades 9-12)
33,217
29,861
36,573
College or graduate school
32,520
26,920
38,120
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
453,521
450,472
456,570
Less than 9th grade
22,388
17,327
27,449
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
66,412
58,314
74,510
High school graduate (including equivalency)
130,083
121,483
138,683
Some college, no degree
98,605
88,530
108,680
Associate degree
24,113
19,752
28,474
Bachelor's degree
67,719
61,269
74,169
Graduate or professional degree
44,201
37,456
50,946
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
80.4
78.3
82.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
24.7
22.6
26.8
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
254,179
252,263
256,095
Never married
76,341
69,932
82,750
Now married, except separated
140,312
133,663
146,962
Separated
6,636
4,085
9,187
Widowed
6,255
3,971
8,539
Divorced
24,635
20,901
28,369
 
Females 15 years and over
285,283
283,356
287,210
Never married
66,845
61,875
71,815
Now married, except separated
138,876
131,555
146,197
Separated
5,392
3,120
7,664
Widowed
32,922
29,421
36,423
Divorced
41,248
36,659
45,837
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
10,142
6,966
13,318
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,333
2,345
6,321
Per 1,000 unmarried women
49
26
72
As a percent of all women with a birth
42.7
29.2
56.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
56
38
74
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
41
5
77
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
98
62
134
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
27
14
40
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
13,723
9,814
17,632
Responsible for grandchildren
4,916
3,124
6,708
less than 1 year
1,542
501
2,583
1 or 2 years
1,375
377
2,373
3 or 4 years
726
0
1,612
5 or more years
1,273
148
2,398
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
81.2
72.0
90.4
Percent who are married
41.0
19.4
62.6
Percent who are in labor force
80.6
64.8
96.4
Percent who are in poverty
19.4
0.3
38.5
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
513,270
512,957
513,584
Civilian veterans
67,207
61,287
73,127
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
144,449
141,459
147,439
With a disability
12,881
8,157
17,605
 
Population 21 to 64 years
399,694
396,310
403,078
With a disability
58,581
51,037
66,125
Percent employed
46.2
40.1
52.3
No disability
341,113
333,558
348,668
Percent employed
83.1
81.5
84.8
 
Population 65 years and over
89,319
87,453
91,185
With a disability
44,329
39,973
48,685
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
671,418
668,752
674,084
Same house
552,583
536,842
568,324
Different house in the U.S.
117,027
100,973
133,082
Same county
91,515
76,479
106,551
Different county
25,512
19,288
31,736
Same state
8,951
4,943
12,959
Different state
16,561
11,776
21,346
Abroad
1,808
71
3,545
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
680,809
*****
*****
Native
653,344
647,818
658,870
Born in United States
646,587
641,479
651,695
State of residence
506,236
495,166
517,306
Different state
140,351
129,722
150,980
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
6,757
3,700
9,814
Foreign born
27,465
21,939
32,991
Naturalized citizen
8,302
5,791
10,813
Not a citizen
19,163
13,715
24,611
Entered 1990 or later
19,665
14,062
25,268
Entered before 1990
7,800
5,617
9,983
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
27,465
21,939
32,991
Europe
6,638
4,003
9,273
Asia
11,109
8,184
14,034
Africa
1,632
0
3,280
Oceania
169
0
451
Latin America
6,571
2,984
10,158
Northern America
1,346
0
2,927
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
633,649
632,590
634,708
English only
599,587
595,064
604,110
Language other than English
34,062
29,610
38,514
Speak English less than "very well"
15,148
10,899
19,397
Spanish
14,168
12,201
16,135
Speak English less than "very well"
6,120
3,115
9,125
Other Indo-European languages
10,561
7,495
13,627
Speak English less than "very well"
4,618
2,358
6,879
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,689
4,159
7,219
Speak English less than "very well"
3,015
1,428
4,602
Other languages
3,644
1,138
6,150
Speak English less than "very well"
1,395
205
2,585
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
680,809
*****
*****
Arab
1,929
416
3,442
Czech
219
0
587
Danish
790
0
1,826
Dutch
13,389
7,631
19,148
English
88,348
79,131
97,565
French (except Basque)
16,593
10,831
22,355
French Canadian
604
15
1,193
German
146,635
133,338
159,932
Greek
418
0
1,099
Hungarian
442
0
932
Irish
97,604
86,793
108,415
Italian
12,567
7,485
17,649
Lithuanian
362
0
793
Norwegian
1,454
142
2,766
Polish
2,233
732
3,735
Portuguese
1,765
0
3,544
Russian
3,024
1,288
4,760
Scotch-Irish
19,576
14,984
24,168
Scottish
11,834
7,648
16,020
Slovak
974
162
1,786
Subsaharan African
20,763
12,696
28,830
Swedish
2,921
1,147
4,695
Swiss
4,825
2,401
7,249
Ukrainian
492
0
1,292
United States or American
82,392
70,933
93,851
Welsh
5,194
2,607
7,781
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
954
42
1,866
 

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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