Dyer County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dyer county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,964	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	700	7.8
Kindergarten	458	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,452	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,122	23.7
College or graduate school	1,232	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,356	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,599	14.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,611	18.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,178	33.6
Some college, no degree	4,053	16.6
Associate degree	993	4.1
Bachelor's degree	1,913	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,009	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	66.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,348	100.0
Never married	5,802	19.8
Now married, except separated	17,081	58.2
Separated	634	2.2
Widowed	2,268	7.7
Female	1,909	6.5
Divorced	3,563	12.1
Female	1,981	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	955	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	574	60.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,662	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,342	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,422	100.0
With a disability	776	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	21,178	100.0
With a disability	5,922	28.0
Percent employed	53.9	(X)
No disability	15,256	72.0
Percent employed	77.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,699	100.0
With a disability	2,517	53.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,819	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,050	51.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,489	47.4
Same county	10,977	31.5
Different county	5,512	15.8
Same state	2,725	7.8
Different state	2,787	8.0
Elsewhere in 1995	280	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,279	100.0
Native	36,790	98.7
Born in United States	36,669	98.4
State of residence	28,654	76.9
Different state	8,015	21.5
Born outside United States	121	0.3
Foreign born	489	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	336	0.9
Naturalized citizen	142	0.4
Not a citizen	347	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	489	100.0
Europe	55	11.2
Asia	110	22.5
Africa	10	2.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	267	54.6
Northern America	47	9.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,819	100.0
English only	33,787	97.0
Language other than English	1,032	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	446	1.3
Spanish	588	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	324	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	291	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	80	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	104	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,279	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,329	73.3
Arab	42	0.1
Czech¹	5	0.0
Danish	10	0.0
Dutch	454	1.2
English	2,926	7.8
French (except Basque)¹	386	1.0
French Canadian¹	107	0.3
German	2,236	6.0
Greek	66	0.2
Hungarian	26	0.1
Irish¹	3,775	10.1
Italian	370	1.0
Lithuanian	15	0.0
Norwegian	45	0.1
Polish	82	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	31	0.1
Scotch-Irish	638	1.7
Scottish	293	0.8
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	165	0.4
Swedish	130	0.3
Swiss	5	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	7,944	21.3
Welsh	69	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	9	0.0
Other ancestries	7,492	20.1

(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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