Clarksville, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4715160, place: Clarksville city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 30,236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,983 (6.56%)
Kindergarten: 1,905 (6.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,390 (44.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,619 (18.58%)
College or graduate school: 7,339 (24.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 59,579 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,367 (3.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,402 (10.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 17,065 (28.64%)
Some college, no degree: 17,391 (29.19%)
Associate degree: 4,545 (7.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,779 (13.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,030 (6.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 78,071 (100%)
Never married: 17,681 (22.65%)
Now married, except separated: 46,488 (59.55%)
Separated: 1,879 (2.41%)
Total Widowed: 3,519 (4.51%)
Widowed Female: 3,009 (3.85%)
Total Divorced: 8,504 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 4,779 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,809 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 795 (43.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 62,802 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 15,319 (24.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 24,895 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,132 (8.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 50,901 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,975 (21.56%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
--No disability: 39,926 (78.44%)
----Percent employed: 74.8%
Population 65 years and over: 6,809 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,282 (48.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 94,649 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 35,834 (37.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 53,202 (56.21%)
--Same county: 21,461 (22.67%)
--Different county: 31,741 (33.54%)
----Same state: 4,398 (4.65%)
----Different state: 27,343 (28.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,613 (5.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 103,766 (100%)
Native: 98,579 (95%)
--Born in United States: 93,431 (100%)
----State of residence: 35,060 (33.79%)
----Different state: 58,371 (56.25%)
--Born outside United States: 5,148 (4.96%)
Foreign born: 5,187 (5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,964 (1.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,663 (2.57%)
--Not a citizen: 2,524 (2.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,187 (100%)
Europe: 1,617 (31.17%)
Asia: 1,914 (36.9%)
Africa: 45 (0.87%)
Oceania: 61 (1.18%)
Latin America: 1,494 (28.8%)
Northern America: 56 (1.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 94,649 (100%)
English only: 85,500 (90.33%)
Language other than English: 9,149 (9.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,912 (3.08%)
--Spanish: 4,249 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,405 (1.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,737 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 604 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,983 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 870 (0.92%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 103,766 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 97,432% (93.9%)
Arab: 118 (0.11%)
Czech: 469 (0.45%)
Danish: 210 (0.2%)
Dutch: 1,573 (1.52%)
English: 7,722 (7.44%)
French (except Basque): 2,079 (2%)
French Canadian: 723 (0.7%)
German: 13,035 (12.56%)
Greek: 199 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 269 (0.26%)
Irish: 10,053 (9.69%)
Italian: 2,868 (2.76%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 547 (0.53%)
Polish: 1,294 (1.25%)
Portuguese: 182 (0.18%)
Russian: 239 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,192 (2.11%)
Scottish: 1,886 (1.82%)
Slovak: 55 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 1,218 (1.17%)
Swedish: 722 (0.7%)
Swiss: 137 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 92 (0.09%)
United States or American: 11,205 (10.8%)
Welsh: 464 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 439 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 37,393 (36.04%)

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