White County, TN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

White county tennessee dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,904	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	212	4.3
Kindergarten	207	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,740	55.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,268	25.9
College or graduate school	477	9.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,806	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,934	18.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,636	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,171	39.0
Some college, no degree	2,485	15.7
Associate degree	324	2.0
Bachelor's degree	748	4.7
Graduate or professional degree	508	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,616	100.0
Never married	3,299	17.7
Now married, except separated	11,274	60.6
Separated	237	1.3
Widowed	1,508	8.1
Female	1,250	6.7
Divorced	2,298	12.3
Female	1,207	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	435	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	228	52.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,641	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,323	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,918	100.0
With a disability	374	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	13,144	100.0
With a disability	3,544	27.0
Percent employed	50.1	(X)
No disability	9,600	73.0
Percent employed	77.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,399	100.0
With a disability	1,860	54.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,719	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,587	62.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,005	36.9
Same county	4,886	22.5
Different county	3,119	14.4
Same state	1,814	8.4
Different state	1,305	6.0
Elsewhere in 1995	127	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,102	100.0
Native	22,919	99.2
Born in United States	22,816	98.8
State of residence	17,382	75.2
Different state	5,434	23.5
Born outside United States	103	0.4
Foreign born	183	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	72	0.3
Naturalized citizen	102	0.4
Not a citizen	81	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	183	100.0
Europe	53	29.0
Asia	76	41.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	33	18.0
Northern America	21	11.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,719	100.0
English only	21,236	97.8
Language other than English	483	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	179	0.8
Spanish	263	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	157	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	51	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	30	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,102	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,643	72.0
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	12	0.1
Danish	25	0.1
Dutch	383	1.7
English	1,359	5.9
French (except Basque)¹	227	1.0
French Canadian¹	62	0.3
German	1,331	5.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	40	0.2
Irish¹	2,084	9.0
Italian	203	0.9
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	72	0.3
Polish	84	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	11	0.0
Scotch-Irish	381	1.6
Scottish	307	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	15	0.1
Swedish	68	0.3
Swiss	51	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	7,501	32.5
Welsh	46	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,362	10.2

(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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