Covington, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4717680, place: Covington city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,293 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 185 (8.07%)
Kindergarten: 170 (7.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,235 (53.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 407 (17.75%)
College or graduate school: 296 (12.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,972 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 638 (12.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,081 (21.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,575 (31.68%)
Some college, no degree: 980 (19.71%)
Associate degree: 155 (3.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 324 (6.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 219 (4.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,197 (100%)
Never married: 1,776 (28.66%)
Now married, except separated: 2,665 (43%)
Separated: 268 (4.32%)
Total Widowed: 782 (12.62%)
Widowed Female: 676 (10.91%)
Total Divorced: 706 (11.39%)
Divorced Female: 462 (7.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 223 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 133 (59.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,841 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 694 (11.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,233 (100%)
--With a disability: 228 (10.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,117 (100%)
--With a disability: 996 (24.19%)
----Percent employed: 40.1%
--No disability: 3,121 (75.81%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 487 (47.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,750 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,935 (50.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,775 (48.71%)
--Same county: 2,500 (32.26%)
--Different county: 1,275 (16.45%)
----Same state: 679 (8.76%)
----Different state: 596 (7.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,434 (100%)
Native: 8,389 (99.47%)
--Born in United States: 8,376 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,847 (81.18%)
----Different state: 1,529 (18.13%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 45 (0.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 35 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 45 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (84.44%)
Northern America: 7 (15.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,750 (100%)
English only: 7,627 (98.41%)
Language other than English: 123 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.41%)
--Spanish: 69 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,434 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,621% (78.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 11 (0.13%)
Dutch: 67 (0.79%)
English: 342 (4.06%)
French (except Basque): 104 (1.23%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 352 (4.17%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 446 (5.29%)
Italian: 85 (1.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.11%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 132 (1.57%)
Scottish: 106 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 88 (1.04%)
Swedish: 11 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 794 (9.41%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.36%)
Other ancestries: 4,044 (47.95%)

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