Anderson County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Anderson county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	16,224	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,042	6.4
Kindergarten	874	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,994	49.3
High school (grades 9-12)	3,861	23.8
College or graduate school	2,453	15.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	49,499	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,693	9.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,770	11.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,261	32.9
Some college, no degree	9,875	19.9
Associate degree	2,617	5.3
Bachelor's degree	5,901	11.9
Graduate or professional degree	4,382	8.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	57,702	100.0
Never married	11,002	19.1
Now married, except separated	33,873	58.7
Separated	937	1.6
Widowed	5,011	8.7
Female	4,187	7.3
Divorced	6,879	11.9
Female	3,867	6.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,299	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	652	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	54,791	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,372	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	14,783	100.0
With a disability	1,134	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	40,502	100.0
With a disability	9,376	23.1
Percent employed	42.1	(X)
No disability	31,126	76.9
Percent employed	77.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	11,245	100.0
With a disability	5,138	45.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	67,274	100.0
Same house in 1995	41,353	61.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	25,478	37.9
Same county	13,634	20.3
Different county	11,844	17.6
Same state	6,550	9.7
Different state	5,294	7.9
Elsewhere in 1995	443	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	71,330	100.0
Native	69,940	98.1
Born in United States	69,595	97.6
State of residence	46,714	65.5
Different state	22,881	32.1
Born outside United States	345	0.5
Foreign born	1,390	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	729	1.0
Naturalized citizen	552	0.8
Not a citizen	838	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,390	100.0
Europe	451	32.4
Asia	483	34.7
Africa	30	2.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	274	19.7
Northern America	152	10.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	67,274	100.0
English only	64,850	96.4
Language other than English	2,424	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,021	1.5
Spanish	1,171	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	450	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	780	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	319	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	431	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	252	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	71,330	100.0
Total ancestries reported	58,124	81.5
Arab	107	0.2
Czech¹	117	0.2
Danish	111	0.2
Dutch	1,406	2.0
English	8,126	11.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,143	1.6
French Canadian¹	175	0.2
German	6,959	9.8
Greek	59	0.1
Hungarian	155	0.2
Irish¹	7,612	10.7
Italian	850	1.2
Lithuanian	51	0.1
Norwegian	396	0.6
Polish	607	0.9
Portuguese	25	0.0
Russian	177	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,387	3.3
Scottish	1,822	2.6
Slovak	49	0.1
Subsaharan African	169	0.2
Swedish	443	0.6
Swiss	138	0.2
Ukrainian	31	0.0
United States or American	13,430	18.8
Welsh	434	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	22	0.0
Other ancestries	11,123	15.6

(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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