Jones County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jones county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,977	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	335	6.7
Kindergarten	276	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,353	47.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,277	25.7
College or graduate school	736	14.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,776	100.0
Less than 9th grade	823	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,198	8.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,833	42.3
Some college, no degree	3,130	22.7
Associate degree	1,043	7.6
Bachelor's degree	1,299	9.4
Graduate or professional degree	450	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,258	100.0
Never married	3,648	22.4
Now married, except separated	9,373	57.7
Separated	256	1.6
Widowed	1,264	7.8
Female	1,118	6.9
Divorced	1,717	10.6
Female	709	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	127	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	92	72.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,329	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,322	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,268	100.0
With a disability	293	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	10,282	100.0
With a disability	1,422	13.8
Percent employed	64.7	(X)
No disability	8,860	86.2
Percent employed	86.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,004	100.0
With a disability	1,230	40.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,087	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,431	59.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,586	39.7
Same county	3,850	20.2
Different county	3,736	19.6
Same state	2,677	14.0
Different state	1,059	5.5
Elsewhere in 1995	70	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,221	100.0
Native	20,061	99.2
Born in United States	20,016	99.0
State of residence	16,712	82.6
Different state	3,304	16.3
Born outside United States	45	0.2
Foreign born	160	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	32	0.2
Naturalized citizen	49	0.2
Not a citizen	111	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	160	100.0
Europe	43	26.9
Asia	73	45.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	38	23.8
Northern America	6	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,087	100.0
English only	18,434	96.6
Language other than English	653	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	231	1.2
Spanish	327	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	143	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	256	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	60	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	44	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,221	100.0
Total ancestries reported	20,963	103.7
Arab	52	0.3
Czech¹	807	4.0
Danish	134	0.7
Dutch	542	2.7
English	1,488	7.4
French (except Basque)¹	401	2.0
French Canadian¹	67	0.3
German	9,211	45.6
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	3,122	15.4
Italian	124	0.6
Lithuanian	7	0.0
Norwegian	546	2.7
Polish	167	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	258	1.3
Scottish	274	1.4
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	90	0.4
Swedish	334	1.7
Swiss	273	1.4
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	1,465	7.2
Welsh	109	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,449	7.2

(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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