Dickson County, TN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dickson county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,311	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	684	6.6
Kindergarten	711	6.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,273	51.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,637	25.6
College or graduate school	1,006	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,108	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,859	10.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,832	17.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,176	39.8
Some college, no degree	4,769	17.0
Associate degree	1,286	4.6
Bachelor's degree	2,025	7.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,161	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,576	100.0
Never married	6,336	18.9
Now married, except separated	20,086	59.8
Separated	572	1.7
Widowed	2,323	6.9
Female	1,992	5.9
Divorced	4,259	12.7
Female	2,253	6.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	913	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	443	48.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,592	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,703	14.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,969	100.0
With a disability	799	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	24,872	100.0
With a disability	5,639	22.7
Percent employed	56.7	(X)
No disability	19,233	77.3
Percent employed	80.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,809	100.0
With a disability	2,240	46.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,181	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,551	56.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,428	43.4
Same county	9,588	23.9
Different county	7,840	19.5
Same state	5,018	12.5
Different state	2,822	7.0
Elsewhere in 1995	202	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,156	100.0
Native	42,836	99.3
Born in United States	42,567	98.6
State of residence	31,080	72.0
Different state	11,487	26.6
Born outside United States	269	0.6
Foreign born	320	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	136	0.3
Naturalized citizen	208	0.5
Not a citizen	112	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	320	100.0
Europe	110	34.4
Asia	77	24.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	102	31.9
Northern America	31	9.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,181	100.0
English only	39,163	97.5
Language other than English	1,018	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	336	0.8
Spanish	619	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	252	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	324	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	68	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	57	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,156	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,670	75.7
Arab	16	0.0
Czech¹	14	0.0
Danish	41	0.1
Dutch	595	1.4
English	3,646	8.4
French (except Basque)¹	835	1.9
French Canadian¹	137	0.3
German	3,765	8.7
Greek	87	0.2
Hungarian	38	0.1
Irish¹	5,042	11.7
Italian	716	1.7
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	68	0.2
Polish	269	0.6
Portuguese	30	0.1
Russian	35	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,021	2.4
Scottish	628	1.5
Slovak	17	0.0
Subsaharan African	53	0.1
Swedish	111	0.3
Swiss	27	0.1
Ukrainian	65	0.2
United States or American	9,286	21.5
Welsh	250	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	28	0.1
Other ancestries	5,833	13.5

(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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