Decatur County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Decatur county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,284	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	107	4.7
Kindergarten	197	8.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,136	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	564	24.7
College or graduate school	280	12.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,247	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,386	16.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,613	19.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,293	39.9
Some college, no degree	1,119	13.6
Associate degree	235	2.8
Bachelor's degree	391	4.7
Graduate or professional degree	210	2.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,659	100.0
Never married	1,551	16.1
Now married, except separated	5,990	62.0
Separated	145	1.5
Widowed	905	9.4
Female	761	7.9
Divorced	1,068	11.1
Female	522	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	257	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	165	64.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,201	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,208	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,285	100.0
With a disability	111	4.9

Population 21 to 64 years	6,634	100.0
With a disability	1,769	26.7
Percent employed	51.2	(X)
No disability	4,865	73.3
Percent employed	75.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,921	100.0
With a disability	929	48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,072	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,195	65.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,836	34.6
Same county	1,956	17.7
Different county	1,880	17.0
Same state	1,146	10.4
Different state	734	6.6
Elsewhere in 1995	41	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	11,731	100.0
Native	11,537	98.3
Born in United States	11,516	98.2
State of residence	9,245	78.8
Different state	2,271	19.4
Born outside United States	21	0.2
Foreign born	194	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	117	1.0
Naturalized citizen	54	0.5
Not a citizen	140	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	194	100.0
Europe	27	13.9
Asia	32	16.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	135	69.6
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,072	100.0
English only	10,730	96.9
Language other than English	342	3.1
Speak English less than 'very well	179	1.6
Spanish	264	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	152	1.4
Other Indo-European languages	56	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	22	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	11,731	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,548	64.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	10	0.1
Dutch	75	0.6
English	757	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	93	0.8
French Canadian¹	13	0.1
German	527	4.5
Greek	9	0.1
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	790	6.7
Italian	158	1.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	15	0.1
Polish	26	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	29	0.2
Scotch-Irish	201	1.7
Scottish	35	0.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	33	0.3
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,173	27.0
Welsh	63	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,534	13.1

(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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