Jacksonville Florida Social and demographic information

Jacksonville Florida Social information

   

Summary - Age, Sex, Race

   
  More Census Data:      
  Social Demographics - School, Marital, Ancestry Economic - Employment, Income, Industry Housing - Occupancy, Mortgage, Rent  

 

Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Jacksonville city
 

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 735,503 100.0
      enrolled in school 201,479 100.0   Native 691,842 94.1
Nursery school, preschool 16,003 7.9       Born in United States 678,249 92.2
Kindergarten 11,703 5.8           State of residence 361,776 49.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 91,536 45.4           Different state 316,473 43.0
High school (grades 9-12) 41,382 20.5       Born outside United States 13,593 1.8
College or graduate school 40,855 20.3   Foreign born 43,661 5.9
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 18,830 2.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 20,786 2.8
  Population 25 years and over 468,364 100.0       Not a citizen 22,875 3.1
Less than 9th grade 20,803 4.4        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 62,261 13.3   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 138,418 29.6     Total (excluding born at sea) 43,661 100.0
Some college, no degree 112,993 24.1   Europe 10,833 24.8
Associate degree 34,898 7.5   Asia 17,427 39.9
Bachelor's degree 68,316 14.6   Africa 1,719 3.9
Graduate or professional degree 30,675 6.5   Oceania 136 0.3
        Latin America 11,881 27.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 82.3 (X)   Northern America 1,665 3.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 21.1 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 682,120 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 570,371 100.0   English only 616,988 90.5
Never married 151,380 26.5   Language other than English 65,132 9.5
Now married, except separated 290,247 50.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 22,901 3.4
Separated 16,910 3.0   Spanish 28,171 4.1
Widowed 36,117 6.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 8,891 1.3
 Female 29,588 5.2   Other Indo-European languages 17,964 2.6
Divorced 75,717 13.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 6,439 0.9
 Female 43,878 7.7   Asian and Pacific Island languages 14,416 2.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 6,191 0.9
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 735,503 100.0
           under 18 years 17,624 100.0     Total ancestries reported 690,254 93.8
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 8,695 49.3   Arab 5,861 0.8
        Czech¹ 1,985 0.3
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 1,337 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 524,587 100.0   Dutch 7,635 1.0
Civilian veterans 93,045 17.7   English 62,798 8.5
        French (except Basque)¹ 16,239 2.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 4,417 0.6
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 70,440 9.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 170,818 100.0   Greek 2,314 0.3
With a disability 15,233 8.9   Hungarian 2,485 0.3
     Population 21 to 64 years 417,490 100.0   Irish¹ 66,343 9.0
With a disability 93,075 22.3   Italian 25,385 3.5
 Percent employed 60.9 (X)   Lithuanian 1,014 0.1
No disability 324,415 77.7   Norwegian 4,816 0.7
 Percent employed 77.9 (X)   Polish 10,500 1.4
     Population 65 years and over 72,389 100.0   Portuguese 1,184 0.2
With a disability 33,457 46.2   Russian 3,705 0.5
        Scotch-Irish 13,064 1.8
        Scottish 13,558 1.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 564 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 682,120 100.0   Subsaharan African 8,010 1.1
Same house in 1995 333,734 48.9   Swedish 4,774 0.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 330,733 48.5   Swiss 1,064 0.1
 Same county 203,447 29.8   Ukrainian 1,294 0.2
 Different county 127,286 18.7   United States or American 68,488 9.3
  Same state 44,474 6.5   Welsh 3,699 0.5
  Different state 82,812 12.1   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 4,952 0.7
Elsewhere in 1995 17,653 2.6   Other ancestries 282,329 38.4
 
Date: January 2, 2005
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

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