Union County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Union county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,890	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	166	4.3
Kindergarten	215	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,073	53.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,057	27.2
College or graduate school	379	9.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,632	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,549	21.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,535	21.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,134	35.5
Some college, no degree	1,346	11.6
Associate degree	399	3.4
Bachelor's degree	428	3.7
Graduate or professional degree	241	2.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	56.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	5.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,010	100.0
Never married	2,349	16.8
Now married, except separated	9,068	64.7
Separated	187	1.3
Widowed	916	6.5
Female	778	5.6
Divorced	1,490	10.6
Female	721	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	365	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	204	55.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,190	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,370	10.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,073	100.0
With a disability	406	10.0

Population 21 to 64 years	10,544	100.0
With a disability	3,036	28.8
Percent employed	44.1	(X)
No disability	7,508	71.2
Percent employed	72.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,862	100.0
With a disability	1,083	58.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,608	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,332	62.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,260	37.7
Same county	2,953	17.8
Different county	3,307	19.9
Same state	2,395	14.4
Different state	912	5.5
Elsewhere in 1995	16	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,808	100.0
Native	17,761	99.7
Born in United States	17,708	99.4
State of residence	14,264	80.1
Different state	3,444	19.3
Born outside United States	53	0.3
Foreign born	47	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	6	0.0
Naturalized citizen	31	0.2
Not a citizen	16	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	47	100.0
Europe	17	36.2
Asia	10	21.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	3	6.4
Northern America	17	36.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,608	100.0
English only	16,406	98.8
Language other than English	202	1.2
Speak English less than 'very well	52	0.3
Spanish	113	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	64	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	1	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	15	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	3	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,808	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,254	68.8
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	7	0.0
Danish	5	0.0
Dutch	247	1.4
English	1,169	6.6
French (except Basque)¹	215	1.2
French Canadian¹	52	0.3
German	1,052	5.9
Greek	12	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,486	8.3
Italian	112	0.6
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	15	0.1
Polish	51	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	245	1.4
Scottish	181	1.0
Slovak	3	0.0
Subsaharan African	11	0.1
Swedish	18	0.1
Swiss	11	0.1
Ukrainian	13	0.1
United States or American	5,945	33.4
Welsh	66	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.1
Other ancestries	1,312	7.4

(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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