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Language Spoken At Home in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 112,646 | 100% |
English only | 107,773 | 95.7% |
Language other than English | 4,873 | 4.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,079 | 1.8% |
Spanish | 3,501 | 3.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,629 | 1.4% |
Other Indo-European languages | 501 | 0.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 94 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 780 | 0.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 344 | 0.3% |
Other languages | 91 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 12 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 121,215 | 100% |
American | 14,157 | 11.7% |
Arab | 118 | 0.1% |
Czech | 52 | 0.0% |
Danish | 159 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 2,853 | 2.4% |
English | 8,896 | 7.3% |
French (except Basque) | 1,583 | 1.3% |
French Canadian | 311 | 0.3% |
German | 12,353 | 10.2% |
Greek | 31 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 180 | 0.1% |
Irish | 15,517 | 12.8% |
Italian | 1,784 | 1.5% |
Lithuanian | 17 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 295 | 0.2% |
Polish | 736 | 0.6% |
Portuguese | 17 | 0.0% |
Russian | 226 | 0.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,685 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 2,123 | 1.8% |
Slovak | 26 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 169 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 511 | 0.4% |
Swiss | 148 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 18 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 469 | 0.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 104 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 46,686 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 31,516 | 67.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 14,521 | 31.1% |
Married-couple family | 22,565 | 48.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 9,350 | 20.0% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 1,940 | 4.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 989 | 2.1% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 7,011 | 15.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,182 | 9.0% |
Nonfamily households | 15,170 | 32.5% |
Householder living alone | 12,069 | 25.9% |
65 years and over | 4,540 | 9.7% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 16,498 | 35.3% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 11,064 | 23.7% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 117,383 | 100% |
Householder | 46,686 | 39.8% |
Spouse | 22,500 | 19.2% |
Child | 34,161 | 29.1% |
Other relatives | 6,763 | 5.8% |
Nonrelatives | 7,273 | 6.2% |
Unmarried partner | 2,630 | 2.2% |
Marital Status in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 46,081 | 100% |
Never married | 14,081 | 30.6% |
Now married, except separated | 24,239 | 52.6% |
Separated | 795 | 1.7% |
Widowed | 1,339 | 2.9% |
Divorced | 5,627 | 12.2% |
Females 15 years and over | 49,932 | 100% |
Never married | 12,364 | 24.8% |
Now married, except separated | 23,694 | 47.5% |
Separated | 1,569 | 3.1% |
Widowed | 5,570 | 11.2% |
Divorced | 6,735 | 13.5% |
Fertility in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 2,346 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 798 | 34.0% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 51 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 76 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 41 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 146 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 11 | 0% |
Grandparents in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 3,058 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 1,803 | 59.0% |
Less than 1 year | 710 | 23.2% |
1 or 2 years | 463 | 15.1% |
3 or 4 years | 154 | 5.0% |
5 or more years | 476 | 15.6% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,803 | 100% |
Who are female | 1,114 | 61.8% |
Who are married | 1,256 | 69.7% |
School Enrollment in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 32,802 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 2,484 | 7.6% |
Kindergarten | 1,611 | 4.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 13,132 | 40.0% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 6,098 | 18.6% |
College or graduate school | 9,477 | 28.9% |
Educational Attainment in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 76,988 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 5,206 | 6.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 8,533 | 11.1% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 27,714 | 36.0% |
Some college, no degree | 15,943 | 20.7% |
Associate's degree | 3,784 | 4.9% |
Bachelor's degree | 10,030 | 13.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 5,778 | 7.5% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 82.2% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 20.5% |
Veteran Status in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 91,155 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 8,657 | 9.5% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 119,941 | 100% |
With a disability | 18,650 | 15.5% |
Under 18 years | 30,032 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,135 | 7.1% |
18 to 64 years | 75,081 | 100% |
With a disability | 10,177 | 13.6% |
65 years and over | 14,828 | 100% |
With a disability | 6,338 | 42.7% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 119,372 | 100% |
Same house | 91,657 | 76.8% |
Different house in the U.S. | 27,436 | 23.0% |
Same county | 18,386 | 15.4% |
Different county | 9,050 | 7.6% |
Same state | 6,282 | 5.3% |
Different state | 2,768 | 2.3% |
Abroad | 279 | 0.2% |
Place Of Birth in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 121,215 | 100% |
Native | 117,820 | 97.2% |
Born in United States | 117,381 | 96.8% |
State of residence | 83,244 | 68.7% |
Different state | 34,137 | 28.2% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 439 | 0.4% |
Foreign born | 3,395 | 2.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 3,395 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 866 | 25.5% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 2,529 | 74.5% |
Year of Entry in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 3,834 | 100% |
Native | 439 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 439 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 3,395 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 390 | 11.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 3,005 | 88.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Jonesboro
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 3,395 | 100% |
Europe | 285 | 8.4% |
Asia | 995 | 29.3% |
Africa | 22 | 0.6% |
Oceania | 22 | 0.6% |
Latin America | 1,988 | 58.6% |
Northern America | 83 | 2.4% |