General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4728740, place: Gates town, Tennessee)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 265 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (5.66%)
Kindergarten: 15 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (42.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 84 (31.7%)
College or graduate school: 38 (14.34%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 603 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 126 (20.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 124 (20.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 172 (28.52%)
Some college, no degree: 128 (21.23%)
Associate degree: 16 (2.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 16 (2.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (3.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 733 (100%)
Never married: 192 (26.19%)
Now married, except separated: 370 (50.48%)
Separated: 18 (2.46%)
Total Widowed: 41 (5.59%)
Widowed Female: 36 (4.91%)
Total Divorced: 112 (15.28%)
Divorced Female: 81 (11.05%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (62.16%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 686 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 52 (7.58%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 228 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (12.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 412 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (37.62%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 257 (62.38%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (75.36%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 874 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 403 (46.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 471 (53.89%)
--Same county: 184 (21.05%)
--Different county: 287 (32.84%)
----Same state: 222 (25.4%)
----Different state: 65 (7.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 954 (100%)
Native: 954 (100%)
--Born in United States: 951 (100%)
----State of residence: 820 (85.95%)
----Different state: 131 (13.73%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 874 (100%)
English only: 859 (98.28%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 954 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 626% (65.62%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 27 (2.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 24 (2.52%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.42%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.21%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (1.05%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 107 (11.22%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 447 (46.86%)
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