Jasper County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jasper county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,027	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,524	5.9
Kindergarten	1,588	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,059	46.3
High school (grades 9-12)	5,361	20.6
College or graduate school	5,495	21.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	66,206	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,142	6.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,419	14.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,454	35.4
Some college, no degree	15,422	23.3
Associate degree	2,857	4.3
Bachelor's degree	7,448	11.2
Graduate or professional degree	3,464	5.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	82,185	100.0
Never married	17,684	21.5
Now married, except separated	47,035	57.2
Separated	1,666	2.0
Widowed	6,109	7.4
Female	5,078	6.2
Divorced	9,691	11.8
Female	5,428	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,528	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	883	57.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	77,674	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,773	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	24,293	100.0
With a disability	2,068	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	58,137	100.0
With a disability	11,394	19.6
Percent employed	52.1	(X)
No disability	46,743	80.4
Percent employed	79.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,775	100.0
With a disability	6,230	45.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	97,127	100.0
Same house in 1995	46,794	48.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	49,131	50.6
Same county	27,741	28.6
Different county	21,390	22.0
Same state	8,412	8.7
Different state	12,978	13.4
Elsewhere in 1995	1,202	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	104,686	100.0
Native	101,939	97.4
Born in United States	101,407	96.9
State of residence	64,348	61.5
Different state	37,059	35.4
Born outside United States	532	0.5
Foreign born	2,747	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,608	1.5
Naturalized citizen	843	0.8
Not a citizen	1,904	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,747	100.0
Europe	317	11.5
Asia	558	20.3
Africa	10	0.4
Oceania	5	0.2
Latin America	1,780	64.8
Northern America	77	2.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	97,127	100.0
English only	92,051	94.8
Language other than English	5,076	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	2,321	2.4
Spanish	3,510	3.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,838	1.9
Other Indo-European languages	937	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	187	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	479	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	274	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	104,686	100.0
Total ancestries reported	91,076	87.0
Arab	172	0.2
Czech¹	220	0.2
Danish	258	0.2
Dutch	2,531	2.4
English	10,438	10.0
French (except Basque)¹	2,838	2.7
French Canadian¹	320	0.3
German	17,790	17.0
Greek	78	0.1
Hungarian	103	0.1
Irish¹	12,301	11.8
Italian	1,881	1.8
Lithuanian	49	0.0
Norwegian	958	0.9
Polish	760	0.7
Portuguese	128	0.1
Russian	209	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,163	2.1
Scottish	1,643	1.6
Slovak	35	0.0
Subsaharan African	61	0.1
Swedish	992	0.9
Swiss	252	0.2
Ukrainian	25	0.0
United States or American	14,752	14.1
Welsh	682	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	87	0.1
Other ancestries	19,350	18.5

(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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