Bells, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4704720, place: Bells city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 546 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (5.68%)
Kindergarten: 33 (6.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 300 (54.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 131 (23.99%)
College or graduate school: 51 (9.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,266 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 236 (18.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 249 (19.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 371 (29.3%)
Some college, no degree: 212 (16.75%)
Associate degree: 54 (4.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 103 (8.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (3.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,608 (100%)
Never married: 379 (23.57%)
Now married, except separated: 899 (55.91%)
Separated: 28 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 99 (6.16%)
Widowed Female: 73 (4.54%)
Total Divorced: 203 (12.62%)
Divorced Female: 127 (7.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (64.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,494 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 150 (10.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 569 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (12.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 403 (33.87%)
----Percent employed: 68%
--No disability: 787 (66.13%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
Population 65 years and over: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,983 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,023 (51.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 796 (40.14%)
--Same county: 279 (14.07%)
--Different county: 517 (26.07%)
----Same state: 226 (11.4%)
----Different state: 291 (14.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 164 (8.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,203 (100%)
Native: 1,846 (83.79%)
--Born in United States: 1,829 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,467 (66.59%)
----Different state: 362 (16.43%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 357 (16.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 214 (9.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 43 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 314 (14.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 357 (100%)
Europe: 1 (0.28%)
Asia: 4 (1.12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 352 (98.6%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,983 (100%)
English only: 1,545 (77.91%)
Language other than English: 438 (22.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 351 (17.7%)
--Spanish: 426 (21.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 342 (17.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,203 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,817% (82.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (0.91%)
English: 67 (3.04%)
French (except Basque): 23 (1.04%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 80 (3.63%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.18%)
Irish: 119 (5.4%)
Italian: 19 (0.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.82%)
Scottish: 4 (0.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.45%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 232 (10.53%)
Welsh: 2 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 1,208 (54.83%)

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