Morgan County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Morgan county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,260	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	224	5.3
Kindergarten	269	6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,066	48.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,145	26.9
College or graduate school	556	13.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,371	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,787	13.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,058	22.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,470	40.9
Some college, no degree	1,809	13.5
Associate degree	443	3.3
Bachelor's degree	461	3.4
Graduate or professional degree	343	2.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	6.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,038	100.0
Never married	2,913	18.2
Now married, except separated	9,843	61.4
Separated	273	1.7
Widowed	1,027	6.4
Female	785	4.9
Divorced	1,982	12.4
Female	921	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	493	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	250	50.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,182	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,061	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,099	100.0
With a disability	458	11.2

Population 21 to 64 years	10,613	100.0
With a disability	3,287	31.0
Percent employed	42.0	(X)
No disability	7,326	69.0
Percent employed	71.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,176	100.0
With a disability	1,150	52.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,617	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,540	67.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,987	32.2
Same county	3,297	17.7
Different county	2,690	14.4
Same state	1,867	10.0
Different state	823	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	90	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,757	100.0
Native	19,678	99.6
Born in United States	19,614	99.3
State of residence	15,442	78.2
Different state	4,172	21.1
Born outside United States	64	0.3
Foreign born	79	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	5	0.0
Naturalized citizen	48	0.2
Not a citizen	31	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	79	100.0
Europe	23	29.1
Asia	27	34.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	13	16.5
Northern America	16	20.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,617	100.0
English only	18,350	98.6
Language other than English	267	1.4
Speak English less than 'very well	61	0.3
Spanish	116	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.1
Other Indo-European languages	106	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	41	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,757	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,074	66.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	28	0.1
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	191	1.0
English	1,531	7.7
French (except Basque)¹	216	1.1
French Canadian¹	24	0.1
German	1,948	9.9
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	4	0.0
Irish¹	1,829	9.3
Italian	139	0.7
Lithuanian	12	0.1
Norwegian	69	0.3
Polish	162	0.8
Portuguese	19	0.1
Russian	2	0.0
Scotch-Irish	375	1.9
Scottish	198	1.0
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	37	0.2
Swiss	44	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,580	23.2
Welsh	68	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	38	0.2
Other ancestries	1,554	7.9

(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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