Henderson County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Henderson county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,456	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	332	6.1
Kindergarten	347	6.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,925	53.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,275	23.4
College or graduate school	577	10.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,140	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,198	12.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,060	17.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,825	39.8
Some college, no degree	2,692	15.7
Associate degree	768	4.5
Bachelor's degree	1,089	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	508	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,384	100.0
Never married	3,485	17.1
Now married, except separated	12,335	60.5
Separated	393	1.9
Widowed	1,598	7.8
Female	1,404	6.9
Divorced	2,573	12.6
Female	1,382	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	487	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	238	48.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,298	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,237	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,447	100.0
With a disability	377	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	14,699	100.0
With a disability	3,448	23.5
Percent employed	52.9	(X)
No disability	11,251	76.5
Percent employed	78.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,444	100.0
With a disability	1,829	53.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,870	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,039	58.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,693	40.6
Same county	5,562	23.3
Different county	4,131	17.3
Same state	2,641	11.1
Different state	1,490	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	138	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,522	100.0
Native	25,348	99.3
Born in United States	25,306	99.2
State of residence	20,258	79.4
Different state	5,048	19.8
Born outside United States	42	0.2
Foreign born	174	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	65	0.3
Naturalized citizen	97	0.4
Not a citizen	77	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	174	100.0
Europe	67	38.5
Asia	20	11.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	67	38.5
Northern America	20	11.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,870	100.0
English only	23,422	98.1
Language other than English	448	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	141	0.6
Spanish	279	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	84	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	111	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	58	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,522	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,181	71.2
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	5	0.0
Danish	31	0.1
Dutch	276	1.1
English	1,519	6.0
French (except Basque)¹	203	0.8
French Canadian¹	71	0.3
German	1,226	4.8
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	2,665	10.4
Italian	131	0.5
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	83	0.3
Polish	98	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	307	1.2
Scottish	209	0.8
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	36	0.1
Swedish	31	0.1
Swiss	40	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	7,006	27.5
Welsh	46	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,180	16.4

(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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