Cocke County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cocke county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,849	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	313	4.6
Kindergarten	420	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,704	54.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,699	24.8
College or graduate school	713	10.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,070	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,536	19.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,410	19.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,795	38.1
Some college, no degree	3,182	13.8
Associate degree	715	3.1
Bachelor's degree	949	4.1
Graduate or professional degree	483	2.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	61.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	6.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,200	100.0
Never married	4,965	18.3
Now married, except separated	15,811	58.1
Separated	570	2.1
Widowed	2,184	8.0
Female	1,718	6.3
Divorced	3,670	13.5
Female	1,968	7.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	938	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	583	62.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,877	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,202	12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,840	100.0
With a disability	655	9.6

Population 21 to 64 years	19,971	100.0
With a disability	5,660	28.3
Percent employed	42.2	(X)
No disability	14,311	71.7
Percent employed	72.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,367	100.0
With a disability	2,361	54.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,556	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,811	62.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,617	36.8
Same county	7,087	22.5
Different county	4,530	14.4
Same state	2,020	6.4
Different state	2,510	8.0
Elsewhere in 1995	128	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,565	100.0
Native	33,313	99.2
Born in United States	33,190	98.9
State of residence	25,219	75.1
Different state	7,971	23.7
Born outside United States	123	0.4
Foreign born	252	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	76	0.2
Naturalized citizen	100	0.3
Not a citizen	152	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	252	100.0
Europe	70	27.8
Asia	68	27.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	6	2.4
Latin America	96	38.1
Northern America	12	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,556	100.0
English only	30,800	97.6
Language other than English	756	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	213	0.7
Spanish	417	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	134	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	257	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	62	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	72	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,565	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,488	73.0
Arab	32	0.1
Czech¹	32	0.1
Danish	42	0.1
Dutch	607	1.8
English	3,529	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	555	1.7
French Canadian¹	78	0.2
German	2,527	7.5
Greek	17	0.1
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	3,337	9.9
Italian	184	0.5
Lithuanian	30	0.1
Norwegian	62	0.2
Polish	210	0.6
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	28	0.1
Scotch-Irish	586	1.7
Scottish	480	1.4
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	90	0.3
Swedish	54	0.2
Swiss	2	0.0
Ukrainian	28	0.1
United States or American	8,101	24.1
Welsh	82	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,775	11.2

(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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