Atoka, TN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4702340, place: Atoka town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,008 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (5.75%)
Kindergarten: 49 (4.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 582 (57.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 193 (19.15%)
College or graduate school: 126 (12.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,957 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 58 (2.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 231 (11.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 666 (34.03%)
Some college, no degree: 494 (25.24%)
Associate degree: 157 (8.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 249 (12.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 102 (5.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,287 (100%)
Never married: 358 (15.65%)
Now married, except separated: 1,621 (70.88%)
Separated: 41 (1.79%)
Total Widowed: 77 (3.37%)
Widowed Female: 57 (2.49%)
Total Divorced: 190 (8.31%)
Divorced Female: 113 (4.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,110 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 405 (19.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 900 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (7.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,860 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (13.12%)
----Percent employed: 57.8%
--No disability: 1,616 (86.88%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 163 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (30.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,970 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 954 (32.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,935 (65.15%)
--Same county: 437 (14.71%)
--Different county: 1,498 (50.44%)
----Same state: 1,024 (34.48%)
----Different state: 474 (15.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 81 (2.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,236 (100%)
Native: 3,196 (98.76%)
--Born in United States: 3,154 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,918 (59.27%)
----Different state: 1,236 (38.2%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 40 (1.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 40 (100%)
Europe: 10 (25%)
Asia: 7 (17.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (32.5%)
Northern America: 10 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,970 (100%)
English only: 2,902 (97.71%)
Language other than English: 68 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 50 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,236 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,861% (88.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (1.11%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 77 (2.38%)
English: 308 (9.52%)
French (except Basque): 52 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 34 (1.05%)
German: 429 (13.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.28%)
Irish: 436 (13.47%)
Italian: 105 (3.24%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 50 (1.55%)
Polish: 36 (1.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (1.27%)
Scottish: 87 (2.69%)
Slovak: 4 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.56%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 9 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.37%)
United States or American: 278 (8.59%)
Welsh: 28 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 801 (24.75%)

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