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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Jackson 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
172,612
164,037
181,187
Nursery school, preschool
10,598
7,318
13,878
Kindergarten
7,419
5,205
9,633
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
78,197
73,957
82,438
High school grade (grades 9-12)
35,506
32,269
38,743
College or graduate school
40,892
34,411
47,373
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
416,875
414,156
419,594
Less than 9th grade
17,137
12,509
21,765
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
58,360
48,394
68,326
High school graduate (including equivalency)
114,854
104,561
125,147
Some college, no degree
91,361
81,885
100,837
Associate degree
25,101
20,187
30,015
Bachelor's degree
71,971
64,195
79,747
Graduate or professional degree
38,091
31,479
44,703
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
81.9
78.9
84.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
26.4
24.1
28.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
236,839
234,011
239,667
Never married
74,113
66,261
81,965
Now married, except separated
126,647
119,734
133,561
Separated
4,776
2,519
7,033
Widowed
7,855
5,654
10,056
Divorced
23,448
18,896
28,000
 
Females 15 years and over
265,691
262,728
268,654
Never married
70,449
63,981
76,917
Now married, except separated
123,362
115,846
130,878
Separated
7,168
4,304
10,032
Widowed
30,311
26,968
33,654
Divorced
34,401
28,676
40,127
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
10,162
7,189
13,135
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,701
1,812
5,590
Per 1,000 unmarried women
42
21
63
As a percent of all women with a birth
36.4
20.4
52.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
59
43
76
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
0
47
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
109
69
149
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
26
11
41
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
16,519
12,198
20,840
Responsible for grandchildren
7,429
5,050
9,808
less than 1 year
659
0
1,690
1 or 2 years
1,282
241
2,323
3 or 4 years
1,755
597
2,913
5 or more years
3,733
1,941
5,525
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
57.0
44.3
69.7
Percent who are married
55.2
38.2
72.2
Percent who are in labor force
61.4
46.9
75.9
Percent who are in poverty
15.0
1.8
28.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
472,498
469,510
475,486
Civilian veterans
57,297
51,180
63,414
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
144,964
141,331
148,597
With a disability
9,648
6,086
13,210
 
Population 21 to 64 years
371,852
367,298
376,406
With a disability
52,477
46,049
58,905
Percent employed
57.3
50.9
63.7
No disability
319,375
311,458
327,292
Percent employed
81.0
78.9
83.1
 
Population 65 years and over
77,360
75,672
79,048
With a disability
34,836
30,563
39,110
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
635,963
633,843
638,083
Same house
508,047
489,529
526,565
Different house in the U.S.
125,822
107,575
144,069
Same county
88,163
72,889
103,437
Different county
37,659
27,015
48,303
Same state
18,899
10,123
27,675
Different state
18,760
12,965
24,555
Abroad
2,094
368
3,820
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
643,170
*****
*****
Native
616,683
610,133
623,234
Born in United States
612,561
605,537
619,585
State of residence
392,717
377,176
408,258
Different state
219,844
203,997
235,691
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
4,122
1,862
6,383
Foreign born
26,487
19,937
33,038
Naturalized citizen
12,409
6,642
18,176
Not a citizen
14,078
8,395
19,761
Entered 1990 or later
14,420
8,973
19,867
Entered before 1990
12,067
8,226
15,908
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
26,487
19,937
33,038
Europe
2,193
936
3,450
Asia
6,321
3,221
9,421
Africa
4,577
1,478
7,676
Oceania
842
0
2,238
Latin America
11,149
7,217
15,081
Northern America
1,405
199
2,611
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
596,583
595,214
597,953
English only
553,445
546,268
560,623
Language other than English
43,138
36,018
50,258
Speak English less than "very well"
10,518
5,817
15,219
Spanish
24,325
18,598
30,052
Speak English less than "very well"
7,477
3,223
11,731
Other Indo-European languages
8,273
5,455
11,091
Speak English less than "very well"
1,164
309
2,019
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
5,528
2,368
8,688
Speak English less than "very well"
1,266
146
2,386
Other languages
5,012
1,882
8,142
Speak English less than "very well"
611
38
1,184
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
643,170
*****
*****
Arab
158
0
407
Czech
2,886
1,132
4,640
Danish
3,277
1,599
4,955
Dutch
11,602
6,791
16,413
English
75,761
63,398
88,124
French (except Basque)
19,308
14,921
23,695
French Canadian
2,354
702
4,006
German
136,681
120,778
152,584
Greek
226
0
617
Hungarian
623
19
1,227
Irish
78,042
68,028
88,056
Italian
28,607
18,224
38,990
Lithuanian
386
0
1,038
Norwegian
6,906
3,180
10,632
Polish
5,871
3,538
8,204
Portuguese
297
0
670
Russian
3,146
1,447
4,846
Scotch-Irish
15,260
9,503
21,017
Scottish
14,207
9,410
19,004
Slovak
1,545
0
3,520
Subsaharan African
9,809
5,298
14,320
Swedish
10,995
6,651
15,339
Swiss
2,182
1,040
3,324
Ukrainian
0
0
507
United States or American
39,005
31,905
46,105
Welsh
6,735
3,859
9,611
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
261
0
748
 

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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