Smith County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Smith county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,995	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	238	6.0
Kindergarten	217	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,173	54.4
High school (grades 9-12)	976	24.4
College or graduate school	391	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,798	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,959	16.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,877	15.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,780	40.5
Some college, no degree	1,769	15.0
Associate degree	321	2.7
Bachelor's degree	682	5.8
Graduate or professional degree	410	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,035	100.0
Never married	2,350	16.7
Now married, except separated	8,951	63.8
Separated	196	1.4
Widowed	1,101	7.8
Female	928	6.6
Divorced	1,437	10.2
Female	728	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	318	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	170	53.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,194	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,531	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,991	100.0
With a disability	380	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	10,138	100.0
With a disability	1,945	19.2
Percent employed	48.5	(X)
No disability	8,193	80.8
Percent employed	77.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,275	100.0
With a disability	1,172	51.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,551	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,485	57.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,971	42.1
Same county	3,611	21.8
Different county	3,360	20.3
Same state	2,401	14.5
Different state	959	5.8
Elsewhere in 1995	95	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,712	100.0
Native	17,561	99.1
Born in United States	17,453	98.5
State of residence	13,706	77.4
Different state	3,747	21.2
Born outside United States	108	0.6
Foreign born	151	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	76	0.4
Naturalized citizen	52	0.3
Not a citizen	99	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	151	100.0
Europe	35	23.2
Asia	19	12.6
Africa	2	1.3
Oceania	6	4.0
Latin America	63	41.7
Northern America	26	17.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,551	100.0
English only	16,217	98.0
Language other than English	334	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	80	0.5
Spanish	166	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	49	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	104	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	40	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,712	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,150	74.2
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	8	0.0
Danish	15	0.1
Dutch	124	0.7
English	1,556	8.8
French (except Basque)¹	202	1.1
French Canadian¹	78	0.4
German	1,117	6.3
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	16	0.1
Irish¹	1,446	8.2
Italian	216	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	11	0.1
Polish	90	0.5
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	14	0.1
Scotch-Irish	385	2.2
Scottish	187	1.1
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	14	0.1
Swedish	27	0.2
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	5,469	30.9
Welsh	69	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	19	0.1
Other ancestries	2,072	11.7

(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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