Jackson County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jackson county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,999	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	130	4.3
Kindergarten	194	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,704	56.8
High school (grades 9-12)	782	26.1
College or graduate school	189	6.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,611	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,388	27.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,667	19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,875	33.4
Some college, no degree	907	10.5
Associate degree	191	2.2
Bachelor's degree	263	3.1
Graduate or professional degree	320	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	52.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	6.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,582	100.0
Never married	1,886	17.8
Now married, except separated	6,563	62.0
Separated	164	1.5
Widowed	734	6.9
Female	599	5.7
Divorced	1,235	11.7
Female	605	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	260	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	181	69.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,981	100.0
Civilian veterans	693	6.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,255	100.0
With a disability	330	10.1

Population 21 to 64 years	7,706	100.0
With a disability	2,863	37.2
Percent employed	32.9	(X)
No disability	4,843	62.8
Percent employed	67.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,565	100.0
With a disability	888	56.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,614	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,368	66.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,205	33.3
Same county	2,520	20.0
Different county	1,685	13.4
Same state	1,157	9.2
Different state	528	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	41	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,495	100.0
Native	13,439	99.6
Born in United States	13,428	99.5
State of residence	11,480	85.1
Different state	1,948	14.4
Born outside United States	11	0.1
Foreign born	56	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	17	0.1
Naturalized citizen	37	0.3
Not a citizen	19	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	56	100.0
Europe	18	32.1
Asia	13	23.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	22	39.3
Northern America	3	5.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,614	100.0
English only	12,369	98.1
Language other than English	245	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	103	0.8
Spanish	149	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	72	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	67	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	21	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,495	100.0
Total ancestries reported	8,545	63.3
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	9	0.1
Dutch	28	0.2
English	926	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	66	0.5
French Canadian¹	14	0.1
German	441	3.3
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	561	4.2
Italian	42	0.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	28	0.2
Polish	25	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	49	0.4
Scottish	65	0.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	17	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	5,413	40.1
Welsh	19	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	824	6.1

(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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