Jessamine County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jessamine county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,132	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	629	5.7
Kindergarten	470	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,711	42.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,191	19.7
College or graduate school	3,131	28.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,182	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,096	8.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,963	12.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,822	32.3
Some college, no degree	4,814	19.9
Associate degree	1,282	5.3
Bachelor's degree	3,083	12.7
Graduate or professional degree	2,122	8.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,407	100.0
Never married	6,899	22.7
Now married, except separated	18,621	61.2
Separated	418	1.4
Widowed	1,528	5.0
Female	1,335	4.4
Divorced	2,941	9.7
Female	1,635	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	603	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	265	43.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,769	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,233	11.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,369	100.0
With a disability	655	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	22,901	100.0
With a disability	4,366	19.1
Percent employed	55.2	(X)
No disability	18,535	80.9
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,410	100.0
With a disability	1,724	50.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,159	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,142	47.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,677	51.7
Same county	7,504	20.8
Different county	11,173	30.9
Same state	6,697	18.5
Different state	4,476	12.4
Elsewhere in 1995	340	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	39,041	100.0
Native	38,357	98.2
Born in United States	38,147	97.7
State of residence	27,096	69.4
Different state	11,051	28.3
Born outside United States	210	0.5
Foreign born	684	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	410	1.1
Naturalized citizen	198	0.5
Not a citizen	486	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	684	100.0
Europe	111	16.2
Asia	308	45.0
Africa	61	8.9
Oceania	4	0.6
Latin America	161	23.5
Northern America	39	5.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,159	100.0
English only	35,011	96.8
Language other than English	1,148	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	361	1.0
Spanish	486	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	151	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	348	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	276	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	153	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	39,041	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,079	82.2
Arab	53	0.1
Czech¹	129	0.3
Danish	64	0.2
Dutch	473	1.2
English	4,973	12.7
French (except Basque)¹	636	1.6
French Canadian¹	64	0.2
German	5,016	12.8
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	74	0.2
Irish¹	4,130	10.6
Italian	709	1.8
Lithuanian	36	0.1
Norwegian	171	0.4
Polish	396	1.0
Portuguese	25	0.1
Russian	99	0.3
Scotch-Irish	962	2.5
Scottish	947	2.4
Slovak	9	0.0
Subsaharan African	111	0.3
Swedish	155	0.4
Swiss	73	0.2
Ukrainian	24	0.1
United States or American	7,589	19.4
Welsh	271	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	51	0.1
Other ancestries	4,801	12.3

(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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