Jamestown, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school7,780100.0
Nursery school, preschool5877.5
Kindergarten4315.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,59646.2
High school (grades 9-12)1,86924.0
College or graduate school1,29716.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over20,795100.0
Less than 9th grade1,2646.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,01614.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,17534.5
Some college, no degree3,93318.9
Associate degree2,33111.2
Bachelor's degree1,7838.6
Graduate or professional degree1,2936.2
Percent high school graduate or higher79.4(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.8(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,994100.0
Never married7,33029.3
Now married, except separated11,51246.1
Separated8683.5
Widowed2,2138.9
Female
1,8287.3
Divorced3,07112.3
Female
1,7397.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years417100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren22554.0
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over23,658100.0
Civilian veterans3,63515.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,921100.0
With a disability95513.8
Population 21 to 64 years17,331100.0
With a disability4,31024.9
Percent employed
46.2(X)
No disability13,02175.1
Percent employed
81.1(X)
Population 65 years and over4,765100.0
With a disability1,86439.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over29,370100.0
Same house in 199515,73153.6
Different house in the U.S. in 199513,37745.5
Same county
10,57336.0
Different county
2,8049.5
Same state
1,3534.6
Different state
1,4514.9
Elsewhere in 19952620.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population31,730100.0
Native31,03097.8
Born in United States
30,23995.3
State of residence
24,05875.8
Different state
6,18119.5
Born outside United States
7912.5
Foreign born7002.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1550.5
Naturalized citizen
5001.6
Not a citizen
2000.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)700100.0
Europe52374.7
Asia446.3
Africa00.0
Oceania284.0
Latin America7811.1
Northern America273.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over29,370100.0
English only26,90291.6
Language other than English2,4688.4
Speak English less than 'very well
1,0063.4
Spanish
1,2224.2
Speak English less than "very well"
6612.3
Other Indo-European languages
1,1914.1
Speak English less than "very well"
3351.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
100.0
Speak English less than "very well"
50.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population31,730100.0

Total ancestries reported

37,768119.0
Arab90.0
Czech11000.3
Danish1320.4
Dutch8162.6
English4,16313.1
French (except Basque)18082.5
French Canadian11830.6
German5,52017.4
Greek1540.5
Hungarian1260.4
Irish14,47914.1
Italian5,85318.4
Lithuanian180.1
Norwegian3451.1
Polish1,6285.1
Portuguese410.1
Russian1110.3
Scotch-Irish4421.4
Scottish4391.4
Slovak710.2
Subsaharan African70.0
Swedish6,06219.1
Swiss1040.3
Ukrainian1010.3
United States or American1,4544.6
Welsh2620.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries4,34013.7
(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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