Benton County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Benton county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,320	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	213	6.4
Kindergarten	194	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,786	53.8
High school (grades 9-12)	881	26.5
College or graduate school	246	7.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,798	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,637	13.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,400	20.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,005	42.4
Some college, no degree	1,742	14.8
Associate degree	270	2.3
Bachelor's degree	418	3.5
Graduate or professional degree	326	2.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	6.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,510	100.0
Never married	1,827	13.5
Now married, except separated	8,741	64.7
Separated	191	1.4
Widowed	1,215	9.0
Female	986	7.3
Divorced	1,536	11.4
Female	755	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	401	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	262	65.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,916	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,951	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,294	100.0
With a disability	388	11.8

Population 21 to 64 years	9,356	100.0
With a disability	3,064	32.7
Percent employed	53.1	(X)
No disability	6,292	67.3
Percent employed	70.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,796	100.0
With a disability	1,498	53.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,695	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,721	61.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,940	37.8
Same county	3,262	20.8
Different county	2,678	17.1
Same state	1,373	8.7
Different state	1,305	8.3
Elsewhere in 1995	34	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,537	100.0
Native	16,416	99.3
Born in United States	16,360	98.9
State of residence	11,117	67.2
Different state	5,243	31.7
Born outside United States	56	0.3
Foreign born	121	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	22	0.1
Naturalized citizen	41	0.2
Not a citizen	80	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	121	100.0
Europe	51	42.1
Asia	12	9.9
Africa	5	4.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	42	34.7
Northern America	11	9.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,695	100.0
English only	15,399	98.1
Language other than English	296	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	48	0.3
Spanish	191	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	92	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	8	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,537	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,017	72.7
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	35	0.2
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	148	0.9
English	1,339	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	207	1.3
French Canadian¹	69	0.4
German	1,041	6.3
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	26	0.2
Irish¹	1,577	9.5
Italian	226	1.4
Lithuanian	21	0.1
Norwegian	33	0.2
Polish	165	1.0
Portuguese	14	0.1
Russian	1	0.0
Scotch-Irish	203	1.2
Scottish	217	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	18	0.1
Swedish	58	0.4
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,882	29.5
Welsh	36	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.1
Other ancestries	1,678	10.1

(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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