Lincoln County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lincoln county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,089	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	475	6.7
Kindergarten	310	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,814	53.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,547	21.8
College or graduate school	943	13.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,361	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,570	12.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,924	18.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,832	36.7
Some college, no degree	3,582	16.8
Associate degree	912	4.3
Bachelor's degree	1,780	8.3
Graduate or professional degree	761	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,180	100.0
Never married	4,537	18.0
Now married, except separated	15,350	61.0
Separated	386	1.5
Widowed	2,138	8.5
Female	1,869	7.4
Divorced	2,769	11.0
Female	1,481	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	707	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	396	56.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,858	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,133	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,645	100.0
With a disability	515	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	17,794	100.0
With a disability	3,718	20.9
Percent employed	51.4	(X)
No disability	14,076	79.1
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,719	100.0
With a disability	2,395	50.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,464	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,005	57.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,282	41.7
Same county	7,474	25.4
Different county	4,808	16.3
Same state	1,757	6.0
Different state	3,051	10.4
Elsewhere in 1995	177	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,340	100.0
Native	31,062	99.1
Born in United States	30,834	98.4
State of residence	18,986	60.6
Different state	11,848	37.8
Born outside United States	228	0.7
Foreign born	278	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	158	0.5
Naturalized citizen	123	0.4
Not a citizen	155	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	278	100.0
Europe	73	26.3
Asia	78	28.1
Africa	10	3.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	97	34.9
Northern America	20	7.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,464	100.0
English only	28,609	97.1
Language other than English	855	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	322	1.1
Spanish	442	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	163	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	368	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	119	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	37	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,340	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,896	73.1
Arab	21	0.1
Czech¹	33	0.1
Danish	24	0.1
Dutch	256	0.8
English	2,291	7.3
French (except Basque)¹	386	1.2
French Canadian¹	43	0.1
German	2,132	6.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	31	0.1
Irish¹	2,911	9.3
Italian	193	0.6
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	78	0.2
Polish	115	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	6	0.0
Scotch-Irish	1,088	3.5
Scottish	539	1.7
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	190	0.6
Swedish	103	0.3
Swiss	22	0.1
Ukrainian	10	0.0
United States or American	7,545	24.1
Welsh	119	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,740	15.1

(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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