Washington County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,774	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,603	6.0
Kindergarten	1,247	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,095	37.7
High school (grades 9-12)	5,202	19.4
College or graduate school	8,627	32.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	72,947	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,937	9.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,688	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	21,174	29.0
Some college, no degree	14,950	20.5
Associate degree	3,512	4.8
Bachelor's degree	10,727	14.7
Graduate or professional degree	5,959	8.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	88,253	100.0
Never married	20,429	23.1
Now married, except separated	50,374	57.1
Separated	1,179	1.3
Widowed	6,091	6.9
Female	5,118	5.8
Divorced	10,180	11.5
Female	5,802	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,862	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	923	49.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	84,318	100.0
Civilian veterans	12,290	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,386	100.0
With a disability	2,261	10.6

Population 21 to 64 years	63,623	100.0
With a disability	14,147	22.2
Percent employed	52.1	(X)
No disability	49,476	77.8
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,919	100.0
With a disability	6,852	49.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	100,816	100.0
Same house in 1995	54,888	54.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	44,869	44.5
Same county	21,843	21.7
Different county	23,026	22.8
Same state	12,322	12.2
Different state	10,704	10.6
Elsewhere in 1995	1,059	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	107,198	100.0
Native	105,195	98.1
Born in United States	104,391	97.4
State of residence	69,135	64.5
Different state	35,256	32.9
Born outside United States	804	0.8
Foreign born	2,003	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,070	1.0
Naturalized citizen	734	0.7
Not a citizen	1,269	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,003	100.0
Europe	395	19.7
Asia	597	29.8
Africa	148	7.4
Oceania	8	0.4
Latin America	675	33.7
Northern America	180	9.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	100,816	100.0
English only	97,393	96.6
Language other than English	3,423	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	994	1.0
Spanish	1,715	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	591	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,126	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	279	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	433	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	90	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	107,198	100.0
Total ancestries reported	88,634	82.7
Arab	128	0.1
Czech¹	122	0.1
Danish	110	0.1
Dutch	2,191	2.0
English	11,548	10.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,617	1.5
French Canadian¹	374	0.3
German	11,151	10.4
Greek	163	0.2
Hungarian	216	0.2
Irish¹	10,733	10.0
Italian	1,898	1.8
Lithuanian	92	0.1
Norwegian	544	0.5
Polish	892	0.8
Portuguese	79	0.1
Russian	231	0.2
Scotch-Irish	3,694	3.4
Scottish	2,432	2.3
Slovak	72	0.1
Subsaharan African	308	0.3
Swedish	491	0.5
Swiss	158	0.1
Ukrainian	32	0.0
United States or American	23,467	21.9
Welsh	572	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	73	0.1
Other ancestries	15,246	14.2

(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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