Sullivan County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sullivan county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	32,281	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,032	6.3
Kindergarten	1,893	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	15,717	48.7
High school (grades 9-12)	7,669	23.8
College or graduate school	4,970	15.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	108,605	100.0
Less than 9th grade	11,630	10.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	14,703	13.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	35,827	33.0
Some college, no degree	20,585	19.0
Associate degree	6,185	5.7
Bachelor's degree	13,161	12.1
Graduate or professional degree	6,514	6.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	125,349	100.0
Never married	21,744	17.3
Now married, except separated	76,492	61.0
Separated	2,151	1.7
Widowed	10,575	8.4
Female	8,805	7.0
Divorced	14,387	11.5
Female	7,947	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,573	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,394	54.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	119,613	100.0
Civilian veterans	18,098	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	29,708	100.0
With a disability	2,703	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	89,904	100.0
With a disability	20,452	22.7
Percent employed	48.5	(X)
No disability	69,452	77.3
Percent employed	74.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	23,229	100.0
With a disability	11,079	47.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	144,563	100.0
Same house in 1995	86,960	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	56,700	39.2
Same county	35,634	24.6
Different county	21,066	14.6
Same state	7,703	5.3
Different state	13,363	9.2
Elsewhere in 1995	903	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	153,048	100.0
Native	151,112	98.7
Born in United States	150,572	98.4
State of residence	92,649	60.5
Different state	57,923	37.8
Born outside United States	540	0.4
Foreign born	1,936	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	911	0.6
Naturalized citizen	942	0.6
Not a citizen	994	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,936	100.0
Europe	808	41.7
Asia	540	27.9
Africa	52	2.7
Oceania	14	0.7
Latin America	307	15.9
Northern America	215	11.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	144,563	100.0
English only	141,222	97.7
Language other than English	3,341	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,131	0.8
Spanish	1,542	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	564	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,295	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	385	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	447	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	165	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	153,048	100.0
Total ancestries reported	115,525	75.5
Arab	201	0.1
Czech¹	142	0.1
Danish	137	0.1
Dutch	2,743	1.8
English	17,493	11.4
French (except Basque)¹	2,312	1.5
French Canadian¹	335	0.2
German	14,875	9.7
Greek	148	0.1
Hungarian	216	0.1
Irish¹	15,559	10.2
Italian	1,694	1.1
Lithuanian	14	0.0
Norwegian	411	0.3
Polish	797	0.5
Portuguese	13	0.0
Russian	137	0.1
Scotch-Irish	5,079	3.3
Scottish	3,050	2.0
Slovak	35	0.0
Subsaharan African	107	0.1
Swedish	599	0.4
Swiss	106	0.1
Ukrainian	90	0.1
United States or American	30,834	20.1
Welsh	670	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	42	0.0
Other ancestries	17,686	11.6

(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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