Jefferson County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jefferson county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,115	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	419	5.2
Kindergarten	455	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,570	44.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,594	19.6
College or graduate school	2,077	25.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,605	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,379	6.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,528	12.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,280	40.2
Some college, no degree	4,164	20.2
Associate degree	882	4.3
Bachelor's degree	1,916	9.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,456	7.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,311	100.0
Never married	5,034	19.9
Now married, except separated	15,064	59.5
Separated	274	1.1
Widowed	1,790	7.1
Female	1,437	5.7
Divorced	3,149	12.4
Female	1,661	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	530	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	295	55.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,962	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,368	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,579	100.0
With a disability	614	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	17,439	100.0
With a disability	3,776	21.7
Percent employed	59.6	(X)
No disability	13,663	78.3
Percent employed	81.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,887	100.0
With a disability	1,754	45.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,761	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,513	55.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,101	44.0
Same county	6,713	22.6
Different county	6,388	21.5
Same state	3,551	11.9
Different state	2,837	9.5
Elsewhere in 1995	147	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,705	100.0
Native	31,324	98.8
Born in United States	31,148	98.2
State of residence	20,935	66.0
Different state	10,213	32.2
Born outside United States	176	0.6
Foreign born	381	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	153	0.5
Naturalized citizen	178	0.6
Not a citizen	203	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	381	100.0
Europe	160	42.0
Asia	94	24.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	99	26.0
Northern America	28	7.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,761	100.0
English only	28,755	96.6
Language other than English	1,006	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	243	0.8
Spanish	636	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	176	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	291	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	74	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,705	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,048	82.2
Arab	5	0.0
Czech¹	58	0.2
Danish	29	0.1
Dutch	362	1.1
English	3,291	10.4
French (except Basque)¹	672	2.1
French Canadian¹	61	0.2
German	6,580	20.8
Greek	49	0.2
Hungarian	41	0.1
Irish¹	3,217	10.1
Italian	460	1.5
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	45	0.1
Polish	244	0.8
Portuguese	12	0.0
Russian	58	0.2
Scotch-Irish	623	2.0
Scottish	576	1.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	60	0.2
Swedish	243	0.8
Swiss	67	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	5,337	16.8
Welsh	213	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	3,730	11.8

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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