Grainger County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Grainger county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,193	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	106	2.5
Kindergarten	278	6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,272	54.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,014	24.2
College or graduate school	523	12.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,210	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,316	23.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,358	16.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,279	37.1
Some college, no degree	1,725	12.1
Associate degree	422	3.0
Bachelor's degree	711	5.0
Graduate or professional degree	399	2.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	60.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,713	100.0
Never married	2,594	15.5
Now married, except separated	10,865	65.0
Separated	202	1.2
Widowed	1,201	7.2
Female	941	5.6
Divorced	1,851	11.1
Female	965	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	429	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	285	66.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,929	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,841	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,146	100.0
With a disability	446	10.8

Population 21 to 64 years	12,641	100.0
With a disability	3,497	27.7
Percent employed	39.0	(X)
No disability	9,144	72.3
Percent employed	75.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,466	100.0
With a disability	1,218	49.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,408	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,761	65.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,520	33.6
Same county	3,019	15.6
Different county	3,501	18.0
Same state	2,456	12.7
Different state	1,045	5.4
Elsewhere in 1995	127	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,659	100.0
Native	20,436	98.9
Born in United States	20,402	98.8
State of residence	16,038	77.6
Different state	4,364	21.1
Born outside United States	34	0.2
Foreign born	223	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	155	0.8
Naturalized citizen	66	0.3
Not a citizen	157	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	223	100.0
Europe	63	28.3
Asia	5	2.2
Africa	2	0.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	153	68.6
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,408	100.0
English only	18,923	97.5
Language other than English	485	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	233	1.2
Spanish	321	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	174	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	153	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	3	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,659	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,285	64.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	27	0.1
Danish	21	0.1
Dutch	288	1.4
English	1,122	5.4
French (except Basque)¹	149	0.7
French Canadian¹	18	0.1
German	1,267	6.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	29	0.1
Irish¹	1,251	6.1
Italian	155	0.8
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	33	0.2
Polish	72	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	25	0.1
Scotch-Irish	334	1.6
Scottish	204	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	46	0.2
Swiss	37	0.2
Ukrainian	14	0.1
United States or American	6,448	31.2
Welsh	17	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	61	0.3
Other ancestries	1,659	8.0

(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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