Morristown, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4750280, place: Morristown city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,924 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 247 (5.02%)
Kindergarten: 289 (5.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,484 (50.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,109 (22.52%)
College or graduate school: 795 (16.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,805 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,764 (16.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,200 (19.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,911 (29.22%)
Some college, no degree: 3,040 (18.09%)
Associate degree: 603 (3.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,405 (8.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 882 (5.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,632 (100%)
Never married: 4,752 (23.03%)
Now married, except separated: 10,632 (51.53%)
Separated: 529 (2.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,027 (9.82%)
Widowed Female: 1,694 (8.21%)
Total Divorced: 2,692 (13.05%)
Divorced Female: 1,641 (7.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 720 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 369 (51.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,603 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,571 (13.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,105 (100%)
--With a disability: 519 (10.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,105 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,627 (25.71%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 10,478 (74.29%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,674 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,872 (50.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,563 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,305 (47.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,911 (46.31%)
--Same county: 6,420 (27.25%)
--Different county: 4,491 (19.06%)
----Same state: 2,527 (10.72%)
----Different state: 1,964 (8.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,347 (5.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,282 (100%)
Native: 22,970 (90.86%)
--Born in United States: 22,849 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,362 (64.72%)
----Different state: 6,487 (25.66%)
--Born outside United States: 121 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 2,312 (9.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,051 (8.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 200 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 2,112 (8.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,312 (100%)
Europe: 70 (3.03%)
Asia: 119 (5.15%)
Africa: 5 (0.22%)
Oceania: 35 (1.51%)
Latin America: 2,080 (89.97%)
Northern America: 3 (0.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,563 (100%)
English only: 20,758 (88.1%)
Language other than English: 2,805 (11.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,042 (8.67%)
--Spanish: 2,395 (10.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,939 (8.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 291 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,282 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,196% (79.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.06%)
Danish: 25 (0.1%)
Dutch: 501 (1.98%)
English: 2,351 (9.3%)
French (except Basque): 251 (0.99%)
French Canadian: 74 (0.29%)
German: 1,792 (7.09%)
Greek: 7 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.08%)
Irish: 2,166 (8.57%)
Italian: 202 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 77 (0.3%)
Polish: 146 (0.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 673 (2.66%)
Scottish: 302 (1.19%)
Slovak: 5 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 48 (0.19%)
Swedish: 48 (0.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.07%)
United States or American: 5,225 (20.67%)
Welsh: 56 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 6,163 (24.38%)

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