General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4705040, place: Benton town, Tennessee)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 184 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (5.98%)
Kindergarten: 6 (3.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 101 (54.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 48 (26.09%)
College or graduate school: 18 (9.78%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 728 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 180 (24.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 183 (25.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 208 (28.57%)
Some college, no degree: 95 (13.05%)
Associate degree: 18 (2.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (4.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 50.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 886 (100%)
Never married: 151 (17.04%)
Now married, except separated: 496 (55.98%)
Separated: 20 (2.26%)
Total Widowed: 105 (11.85%)
Widowed Female: 89 (10.05%)
Total Divorced: 114 (12.87%)
Divorced Female: 66 (7.45%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (48.65%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 857 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 97 (11.32%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 201 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (14.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 583 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (29.16%)
----Percent employed: 37.6%
--No disability: 413 (70.84%)
----Percent employed: 68%
Population 65 years and over: 182 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (67.03%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,011 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 587 (58.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 424 (41.94%)
--Same county: 197 (19.49%)
--Different county: 227 (22.45%)
----Same state: 164 (16.22%)
----Different state: 63 (6.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,109 (100%)
Native: 1,109 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,109 (100%)
----State of residence: 857 (77.28%)
----Different state: 252 (22.72%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,011 (100%)
English only: 996 (98.52%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,109 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 619% (55.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 35 (3.16%)
English: 45 (4.06%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.27%)
German: 65 (5.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 110 (9.92%)
Italian: 7 (0.63%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (2.16%)
Scottish: 5 (0.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.27%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 170 (15.33%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 140 (12.62%)
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