Decherd, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4719920, place: Decherd city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 471 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (9.77%)
Kindergarten: 42 (8.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 227 (48.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 110 (23.35%)
College or graduate school: 46 (9.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,514 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 211 (13.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 297 (19.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 563 (37.19%)
Some college, no degree: 245 (16.18%)
Associate degree: 60 (3.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 93 (6.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 45 (2.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,788 (100%)
Never married: 390 (21.81%)
Now married, except separated: 885 (49.5%)
Separated: 43 (2.4%)
Total Widowed: 190 (10.63%)
Widowed Female: 167 (9.34%)
Total Divorced: 280 (15.66%)
Divorced Female: 164 (9.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (53.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,718 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 235 (13.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 448 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (12.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,239 (100%)
--With a disability: 282 (22.76%)
----Percent employed: 47.9%
--No disability: 957 (77.24%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 397 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (47.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,084 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,164 (55.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 914 (43.86%)
--Same county: 603 (28.93%)
--Different county: 311 (14.92%)
----Same state: 162 (7.77%)
----Different state: 149 (7.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,240 (100%)
Native: 2,186 (97.59%)
--Born in United States: 2,176 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,619 (72.28%)
----Different state: 557 (24.87%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 54 (2.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (1.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (0.98%)
--Not a citizen: 32 (1.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 54 (100%)
Europe: 14 (25.93%)
Asia: 9 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (57.41%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,084 (100%)
English only: 1,987 (95.35%)
Language other than English: 97 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (2.11%)
--Spanish: 55 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (1.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,240 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,496% (66.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.09%)
Danish: 4 (0.18%)
Dutch: 13 (0.58%)
English: 178 (7.95%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.36%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 140 (6.25%)
Greek: 9 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.18%)
Irish: 164 (7.32%)
Italian: 25 (1.12%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.31%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (2.59%)
Scottish: 26 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.8%)
Swedish: 6 (0.27%)
Swiss: 6 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 366 (16.34%)
Welsh: 12 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 442 (19.73%)

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