Decatur, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4719880, place: Decatur town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 325 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (7.38%)
Kindergarten: 23 (7.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 141 (43.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 89 (27.38%)
College or graduate school: 48 (14.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 966 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 112 (11.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 240 (24.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 317 (32.82%)
Some college, no degree: 168 (17.39%)
Associate degree: 33 (3.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 68 (7.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,149 (100%)
Never married: 210 (18.28%)
Now married, except separated: 689 (59.97%)
Separated: 25 (2.18%)
Total Widowed: 89 (7.75%)
Widowed Female: 74 (6.44%)
Total Divorced: 136 (11.84%)
Divorced Female: 87 (7.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (65.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,100 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 121 (11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 292 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (7.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 757 (100%)
--With a disability: 183 (24.17%)
----Percent employed: 35%
--No disability: 574 (75.83%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 160 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,323 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 665 (50.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 655 (49.51%)
--Same county: 349 (26.38%)
--Different county: 306 (23.13%)
----Same state: 226 (17.08%)
----Different state: 80 (6.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,419 (100%)
Native: 1,418 (99.93%)
--Born in United States: 1,411 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,078 (75.97%)
----Different state: 333 (23.47%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1 (0.07%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,323 (100%)
English only: 1,316 (99.47%)
Language other than English: 7 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,419 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 736% (51.87%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (0.63%)
English: 78 (5.5%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.41%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.35%)
German: 74 (5.21%)
Greek: 4 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 131 (9.23%)
Italian: 20 (1.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (0.99%)
Scottish: 15 (1.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (0.63%)
Swiss: 2 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 218 (15.36%)
Welsh: 2 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 123 (8.67%)

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