Greene County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greene county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,201	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	691	5.2
Kindergarten	765	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,430	48.7
High school (grades 9-12)	3,197	24.2
College or graduate school	2,118	16.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,752	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,580	15.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,712	15.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,388	37.5
Some college, no degree	6,876	15.7
Associate degree	1,610	3.7
Bachelor's degree	3,485	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,101	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	51,247	100.0
Never married	9,211	18.0
Now married, except separated	31,268	61.0
Separated	680	1.3
Widowed	4,127	8.1
Female	3,380	6.6
Divorced	5,961	11.6
Female	3,263	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,341	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	764	57.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	48,836	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,481	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,572	100.0
With a disability	1,345	10.7

Population 21 to 64 years	36,707	100.0
With a disability	9,858	26.9
Percent employed	50.9	(X)
No disability	26,849	73.1
Percent employed	77.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,749	100.0
With a disability	4,069	46.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	59,210	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,019	59.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,729	40.1
Same county	14,389	24.3
Different county	9,340	15.8
Same state	4,279	7.2
Different state	5,061	8.5
Elsewhere in 1995	462	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	62,909	100.0
Native	62,080	98.7
Born in United States	61,777	98.2
State of residence	46,704	74.2
Different state	15,073	24.0
Born outside United States	303	0.5
Foreign born	829	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	429	0.7
Naturalized citizen	305	0.5
Not a citizen	524	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	829	100.0
Europe	253	30.5
Asia	168	20.3
Africa	10	1.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	324	39.1
Northern America	74	8.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	59,210	100.0
English only	57,443	97.0
Language other than English	1,767	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	700	1.2
Spanish	921	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	415	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	631	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	211	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	175	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	62,909	100.0
Total ancestries reported	44,468	70.7
Arab	28	0.0
Czech¹	52	0.1
Danish	115	0.2
Dutch	1,037	1.6
English	4,400	7.0
French (except Basque)¹	636	1.0
French Canadian¹	111	0.2
German	5,669	9.0
Greek	146	0.2
Hungarian	84	0.1
Irish¹	4,886	7.8
Italian	942	1.5
Lithuanian	7	0.0
Norwegian	186	0.3
Polish	396	0.6
Portuguese	56	0.1
Russian	28	0.0
Scotch-Irish	1,671	2.7
Scottish	744	1.2
Slovak	20	0.0
Subsaharan African	62	0.1
Swedish	260	0.4
Swiss	105	0.2
Ukrainian	11	0.0
United States or American	15,532	24.7
Welsh	169	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	61	0.1
Other ancestries	7,054	11.2

(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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