Greeneville, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4730980, place: Greeneville town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,351 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 263 (7.85%)
Kindergarten: 192 (5.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,517 (45.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 745 (22.23%)
College or graduate school: 634 (18.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,896 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,489 (13.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,468 (13.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,568 (32.75%)
Some college, no degree: 1,717 (15.76%)
Associate degree: 434 (3.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,331 (12.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 889 (8.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,551 (100%)
Never married: 2,243 (17.87%)
Now married, except separated: 6,745 (53.74%)
Separated: 217 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 1,414 (11.27%)
Widowed Female: 1,186 (9.45%)
Total Divorced: 1,932 (15.39%)
Divorced Female: 1,177 (9.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 261 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 126 (48.28%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,050 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,672 (13.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,790 (100%)
--With a disability: 298 (10.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,231 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,331 (28.32%)
----Percent employed: 43.2%
--No disability: 5,900 (71.68%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,816 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,147 (40.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,449 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,541 (52.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,768 (46.84%)
--Same county: 3,826 (26.48%)
--Different county: 2,942 (20.36%)
----Same state: 1,150 (7.96%)
----Different state: 1,792 (12.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 140 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,360 (100%)
Native: 15,047 (97.96%)
--Born in United States: 14,952 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,731 (69.86%)
----Different state: 4,221 (27.48%)
--Born outside United States: 95 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 313 (2.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 128 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 104 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 209 (1.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 313 (100%)
Europe: 124 (39.62%)
Asia: 73 (23.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 94 (30.03%)
Northern America: 22 (7.03%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,449 (100%)
English only: 13,829 (95.71%)
Language other than English: 620 (4.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 253 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 278 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (0.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 68 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,360 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,884% (70.86%)
Arab: 18 (0.12%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 59 (0.38%)
Dutch: 243 (1.58%)
English: 1,240 (8.07%)
French (except Basque): 89 (0.58%)
French Canadian: 35 (0.23%)
German: 1,580 (10.29%)
Greek: 127 (0.83%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,261 (8.21%)
Italian: 316 (2.06%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.18%)
Polish: 103 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 522 (3.4%)
Scottish: 175 (1.14%)
Slovak: 20 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 46 (0.3%)
Swedish: 103 (0.67%)
Swiss: 6 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,390 (15.56%)
Welsh: 108 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 2,365 (15.4%)

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