Jefferson County, OH Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jefferson county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,543	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,105	6.3
Kindergarten	897	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,600	43.3
High school (grades 9-12)	3,818	21.8
College or graduate school	4,123	23.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	51,819	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,000	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,507	12.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	24,075	46.5
Some college, no degree	8,823	17.0
Associate degree	3,277	6.3
Bachelor's degree	3,979	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	2,158	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	60,947	100.0
Never married	13,814	22.7
Now married, except separated	34,359	56.4
Separated	913	1.5
Widowed	5,853	9.6
Female	4,758	7.8
Divorced	6,008	9.9
Female	3,256	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,157	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	597	51.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	58,026	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,409	16.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	14,909	100.0
With a disability	893	6.0

Population 21 to 64 years	41,022	100.0
With a disability	7,836	19.1
Percent employed	40.0	(X)
No disability	33,186	80.9
Percent employed	70.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,166	100.0
With a disability	5,392	41.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	70,040	100.0
Same house in 1995	48,549	69.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,167	30.2
Same county	14,193	20.3
Different county	6,974	10.0
Same state	3,303	4.7
Different state	3,671	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	324	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	73,894	100.0
Native	72,966	98.7
Born in United States	72,702	98.4
State of residence	53,332	72.2
Different state	19,370	26.2
Born outside United States	264	0.4
Foreign born	928	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	165	0.2
Naturalized citizen	673	0.9
Not a citizen	255	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	928	100.0
Europe	645	69.5
Asia	146	15.7
Africa	6	0.6
Oceania	6	0.6
Latin America	103	11.1
Northern America	22	2.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	70,040	100.0
English only	67,396	96.2
Language other than English	2,644	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	758	1.1
Spanish	750	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	309	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,717	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	404	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	129	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	73,894	100.0
Total ancestries reported	77,079	104.3
Arab	152	0.2
Czech¹	823	1.1
Danish	16	0.0
Dutch	1,623	2.2
English	6,422	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,347	1.8
French Canadian¹	180	0.2
German	13,271	18.0
Greek	580	0.8
Hungarian	1,674	2.3
Irish¹	11,522	15.6
Italian	10,465	14.2
Lithuanian	137	0.2
Norwegian	32	0.0
Polish	5,750	7.8
Portuguese	48	0.1
Russian	502	0.7
Scotch-Irish	2,142	2.9
Scottish	1,567	2.1
Slovak	2,299	3.1
Subsaharan African	108	0.1
Swedish	223	0.3
Swiss	247	0.3
Ukrainian	137	0.2
United States or American	5,468	7.4
Welsh	1,132	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	27	0.0
Other ancestries	9,185	12.4

(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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