Mason, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4746420, place: Mason town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 187 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (2.14%)
Kindergarten: 1 (0.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 74 (39.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 102 (54.55%)
College or graduate school: 6 (3.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 749 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (13.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 222 (29.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 217 (28.97%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (18.83%)
Associate degree: 25 (3.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (3.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (1.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 937 (100%)
Never married: 272 (29.03%)
Now married, except separated: 404 (43.12%)
Separated: 59 (6.3%)
Total Widowed: 77 (8.22%)
Widowed Female: 37 (3.95%)
Total Divorced: 125 (13.34%)
Divorced Female: 9 (0.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 921 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 105 (11.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 121 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (1.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 304 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (29.28%)
----Percent employed: 55.1%
--No disability: 215 (70.72%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
Population 65 years and over: 71 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (50.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,025 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 464 (45.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 547 (53.37%)
--Same county: 82 (8%)
--Different county: 465 (45.37%)
----Same state: 121 (11.8%)
----Different state: 344 (33.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (1.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,057 (100%)
Native: 1,036 (98.01%)
--Born in United States: 1,032 (100%)
----State of residence: 397 (37.56%)
----Different state: 635 (60.08%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 21 (1.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (1.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (1.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 13 (61.9%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (38.1%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,025 (100%)
English only: 899 (87.71%)
Language other than English: 126 (12.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (5.46%)
--Spanish: 63 (6.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (2.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,057 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 851% (80.51%)
Arab: 3 (0.28%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (1.89%)
English: 24 (2.27%)
French (except Basque): 22 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 162 (15.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 103 (9.74%)
Italian: 16 (1.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (3.12%)
Polish: 7 (0.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (1.8%)
Scottish: 4 (0.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (1.7%)
Swedish: 16 (1.51%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 59 (5.58%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 345 (32.64%)

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