Dyersburg, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4722200, place: Dyersburg city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,338 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 450 (10.37%)
Kindergarten: 247 (5.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,111 (48.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 916 (21.12%)
College or graduate school: 614 (14.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,135 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,738 (15.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,181 (19.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,251 (29.2%)
Some college, no degree: 1,854 (16.65%)
Associate degree: 439 (3.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,109 (9.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 563 (5.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,562 (100%)
Never married: 3,211 (23.68%)
Now married, except separated: 6,759 (49.84%)
Separated: 442 (3.26%)
Total Widowed: 1,241 (9.15%)
Widowed Female: 1,056 (7.79%)
Total Divorced: 1,909 (14.08%)
Divorced Female: 1,145 (8.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 476 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 319 (67.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,792 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,518 (11.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,984 (100%)
--With a disability: 454 (11.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,393 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,626 (27.96%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 6,767 (72.04%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,321 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,257 (54.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,209 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,408 (45.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,553 (52.77%)
--Same county: 5,550 (34.24%)
--Different county: 3,003 (18.53%)
----Same state: 1,262 (7.79%)
----Different state: 1,741 (10.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 248 (1.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,462 (100%)
Native: 17,103 (97.94%)
--Born in United States: 17,050 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,979 (74.33%)
----Different state: 4,071 (23.31%)
--Born outside United States: 53 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 359 (2.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 262 (1.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 94 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 265 (1.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 359 (100%)
Europe: 17 (4.74%)
Asia: 96 (26.74%)
Africa: 10 (2.79%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 211 (58.77%)
Northern America: 25 (6.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,209 (100%)
English only: 15,597 (96.22%)
Language other than English: 612 (3.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 313 (1.93%)
--Spanish: 331 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 215 (1.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 149 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 83 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,462 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,403% (76.76%)
Arab: 38 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 10 (0.06%)
Dutch: 204 (1.17%)
English: 1,513 (8.66%)
French (except Basque): 211 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.1%)
German: 1,083 (6.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,945 (11.14%)
Italian: 167 (0.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.14%)
Polish: 23 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 19 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 320 (1.83%)
Scottish: 136 (0.78%)
Slovak: 8 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 132 (0.76%)
Swedish: 65 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 3,031 (17.36%)
Welsh: 29 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 4,408 (25.24%)

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