Altamont, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4700940, place: Altamont town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 282 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 19 (6.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 147 (52.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 74 (26.24%)
College or graduate school: 21 (7.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 726 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 212 (29.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 181 (24.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 236 (32.51%)
Some college, no degree: 49 (6.75%)
Associate degree: 17 (2.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 19 (2.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 45.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 905 (100%)
Never married: 202 (22.32%)
Now married, except separated: 570 (62.98%)
Separated: 22 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 37 (4.09%)
Widowed Female: 30 (3.31%)
Total Divorced: 74 (8.18%)
Divorced Female: 27 (2.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (69.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 847 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 73 (8.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 307 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (5.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 622 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (29.74%)
----Percent employed: 34.6%
--No disability: 437 (70.26%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
Population 65 years and over: 142 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (57.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,099 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 818 (74.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 279 (25.39%)
--Same county: 145 (13.19%)
--Different county: 134 (12.19%)
----Same state: 108 (9.83%)
----Different state: 26 (2.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,193 (100%)
Native: 1,182 (99.08%)
--Born in United States: 1,177 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,021 (85.58%)
----Different state: 156 (13.08%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 11 (0.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.17%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 4 (36.36%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (63.64%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,099 (100%)
English only: 1,076 (97.91%)
Language other than English: 23 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.18%)
--Spanish: 14 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,193 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 939% (78.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.42%)
Dutch: 14 (1.17%)
English: 30 (2.51%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.67%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.25%)
German: 54 (4.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 50 (4.19%)
Italian: 3 (0.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.17%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (1.34%)
Scottish: 8 (0.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.42%)
Swiss: 10 (0.84%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 630 (52.81%)
Welsh: 5 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 94 (7.88%)

Return to Altamont,TN.