Bedford County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bedford county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,678	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	624	7.2
Kindergarten	665	7.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,297	49.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,126	24.5
College or graduate school	966	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,232	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,298	13.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,044	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,442	39.0
Some college, no degree	3,875	16.0
Associate degree	875	3.6
Bachelor's degree	1,831	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	867	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,514	100.0
Never married	6,184	21.0
Now married, except separated	17,725	60.1
Separated	600	2.0
Widowed	1,933	6.5
Female	1,654	5.6
Divorced	3,072	10.4
Female	1,677	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	854	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	457	53.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,935	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,515	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,401	100.0
With a disability	761	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	21,557	100.0
With a disability	5,114	23.7
Percent employed	58.8	(X)
No disability	16,443	76.3
Percent employed	80.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,542	100.0
With a disability	2,144	47.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,861	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,934	51.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,627	44.8
Same county	9,373	26.9
Different county	6,254	17.9
Same state	3,991	11.4
Different state	2,263	6.5
Elsewhere in 1995	1,300	3.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,586	100.0
Native	35,194	93.6
Born in United States	35,005	93.1
State of residence	26,377	70.2
Different state	8,628	23.0
Born outside United States	189	0.5
Foreign born	2,392	6.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,849	4.9
Naturalized citizen	222	0.6
Not a citizen	2,170	5.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,392	100.0
Europe	30	1.3
Asia	129	5.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	0.3
Latin America	2,143	89.6
Northern America	82	3.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,861	100.0
English only	31,947	91.6
Language other than English	2,914	8.4
Speak English less than 'very well	2,002	5.7
Spanish	2,453	7.0
Speak English less than "very well"	1,902	5.5
Other Indo-European languages	358	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	103	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,586	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,808	82.0
Arab	63	0.2
Czech¹	26	0.1
Danish	6	0.0
Dutch	378	1.0
English	3,088	8.2
French (except Basque)¹	862	2.3
French Canadian¹	107	0.3
German	2,377	6.3
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	30	0.1
Irish¹	3,211	8.5
Italian	443	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	79	0.2
Polish	275	0.7
Portuguese	46	0.1
Russian	39	0.1
Scotch-Irish	709	1.9
Scottish	497	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	61	0.2
Swedish	120	0.3
Swiss	57	0.2
Ukrainian	14	0.0
United States or American	9,849	26.2
Welsh	116	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	24	0.1
Other ancestries	8,331	22.2

(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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