Blount County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Blount county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,856	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,490	6.2
Kindergarten	1,485	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,279	47.3
High school (grades 9-12)	5,311	22.3
College or graduate school	4,291	18.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	72,938	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,083	8.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,641	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	25,143	34.5
Some college, no degree	14,934	20.5
Associate degree	4,045	5.5
Bachelor's degree	8,364	11.5
Graduate or professional degree	4,728	6.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	85,721	100.0
Never married	15,532	18.1
Now married, except separated	53,327	62.2
Separated	930	1.1
Widowed	6,304	7.4
Female	5,262	6.1
Divorced	9,628	11.2
Female	5,417	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,927	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,104	57.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	81,425	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,786	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,659	100.0
With a disability	1,888	8.7

Population 21 to 64 years	62,329	100.0
With a disability	12,710	20.4
Percent employed	50.9	(X)
No disability	49,619	79.6
Percent employed	77.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	14,239	100.0
With a disability	6,496	45.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	99,662	100.0
Same house in 1995	55,422	55.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	43,351	43.5
Same county	23,300	23.4
Different county	20,051	20.1
Same state	9,527	9.6
Different state	10,524	10.6
Elsewhere in 1995	889	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	105,823	100.0
Native	104,189	98.5
Born in United States	103,738	98.0
State of residence	70,560	66.7
Different state	33,178	31.4
Born outside United States	451	0.4
Foreign born	1,634	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	813	0.8
Naturalized citizen	721	0.7
Not a citizen	913	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,634	100.0
Europe	571	34.9
Asia	685	41.9
Africa	39	2.4
Oceania	6	0.4
Latin America	253	15.5
Northern America	80	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	99,662	100.0
English only	96,438	96.8
Language other than English	3,224	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,107	1.1
Spanish	1,325	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	370	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,180	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	240	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	572	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	435	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	105,823	100.0
Total ancestries reported	86,664	81.9
Arab	130	0.1
Czech¹	210	0.2
Danish	117	0.1
Dutch	2,481	2.3
English	11,590	11.0
French (except Basque)¹	2,056	1.9
French Canadian¹	323	0.3
German	11,893	11.2
Greek	114	0.1
Hungarian	116	0.1
Irish¹	12,097	11.4
Italian	1,329	1.3
Lithuanian	76	0.1
Norwegian	432	0.4
Polish	907	0.9
Portuguese	112	0.1
Russian	143	0.1
Scotch-Irish	4,821	4.6
Scottish	2,772	2.6
Slovak	64	0.1
Subsaharan African	297	0.3
Swedish	402	0.4
Swiss	176	0.2
Ukrainian	21	0.0
United States or American	18,993	17.9
Welsh	782	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	119	0.1
Other ancestries	14,091	13.3

(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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