Jackson County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jackson county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,091	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	350	6.9
Kindergarten	277	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,494	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,447	28.4
College or graduate school	523	10.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,596	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,258	9.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,258	9.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,074	44.7
Some college, no degree	2,502	18.4
Associate degree	862	6.3
Bachelor's degree	1,103	8.1
Graduate or professional degree	539	4.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,061	100.0
Never married	3,636	22.6
Now married, except separated	9,594	59.7
Separated	138	0.9
Widowed	1,370	8.5
Female	1,176	7.3
Divorced	1,323	8.2
Female	712	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	163	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	77	47.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,010	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,197	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,747	100.0
With a disability	352	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	10,816	100.0
With a disability	1,911	17.7
Percent employed	63.1	(X)
No disability	8,905	82.3
Percent employed	86.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,267	100.0
With a disability	1,171	35.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,098	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,489	65.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,580	34.5
Same county	3,684	19.3
Different county	2,896	15.2
Same state	1,832	9.6
Different state	1,064	5.6
Elsewhere in 1995	29	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,296	100.0
Native	20,147	99.3
Born in United States	20,119	99.1
State of residence	17,271	85.1
Different state	2,848	14.0
Born outside United States	28	0.1
Foreign born	149	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	30	0.1
Naturalized citizen	91	0.4
Not a citizen	58	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	149	100.0
Europe	94	63.1
Asia	17	11.4
Africa	7	4.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	31	20.8
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,098	100.0
English only	18,621	97.5
Language other than English	477	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	141	0.7
Spanish	128	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	325	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	86	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	24	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,296	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,970	93.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	243	1.2
Danish	263	1.3
Dutch	273	1.3
English	1,579	7.8
French (except Basque)¹	432	2.1
French Canadian¹	39	0.2
German	9,150	45.1
Greek	14	0.1
Hungarian	25	0.1
Irish¹	2,478	12.2
Italian	111	0.5
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	351	1.7
Polish	195	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	136	0.7
Scottish	147	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	222	1.1
Swiss	147	0.7
Ukrainian	17	0.1
United States or American	1,578	7.8
Welsh	140	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,396	6.9

(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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