Oak Ridge, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4755120, place: Oak Ridge city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,550 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 507 (7.74%)
Kindergarten: 349 (5.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,050 (46.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,500 (22.9%)
College or graduate school: 1,144 (17.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,456 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 705 (3.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,380 (7.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,616 (23.73%)
Some college, no degree: 4,145 (21.3%)
Associate degree: 1,236 (6.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,899 (20.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,475 (17.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,362 (100%)
Never married: 4,350 (19.45%)
Now married, except separated: 12,857 (57.49%)
Separated: 342 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 2,009 (8.98%)
Widowed Female: 1,657 (7.41%)
Total Divorced: 2,804 (12.54%)
Divorced Female: 1,635 (7.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 447 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 196 (43.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,249 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,796 (17.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,603 (100%)
--With a disability: 450 (8.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,436 (16.68%)
----Percent employed: 47.9%
--No disability: 12,168 (83.32%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 5,521 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,135 (38.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,004 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,259 (58.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,397 (39.98%)
--Same county: 4,693 (18.05%)
--Different county: 5,704 (21.94%)
----Same state: 2,825 (10.86%)
----Different state: 2,879 (11.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 348 (1.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,413 (100%)
Native: 26,176 (95.49%)
--Born in United States: 25,981 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,428 (48.98%)
----Different state: 12,553 (45.79%)
--Born outside United States: 195 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 1,237 (4.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 647 (2.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 545 (1.99%)
--Not a citizen: 692 (2.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,237 (100%)
Europe: 452 (36.54%)
Asia: 400 (32.34%)
Africa: 13 (1.05%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 245 (19.81%)
Northern America: 127 (10.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,004 (100%)
English only: 24,447 (94.01%)
Language other than English: 1,557 (5.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 618 (2.38%)
--Spanish: 660 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 271 (1.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 560 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 317 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (0.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,206% (95.6%)
Arab: 63 (0.23%)
Czech: 78 (0.28%)
Danish: 66 (0.24%)
Dutch: 582 (2.12%)
English: 4,375 (15.96%)
French (except Basque): 554 (2.02%)
French Canadian: 103 (0.38%)
German: 3,270 (11.93%)
Greek: 39 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 132 (0.48%)
Irish: 3,032 (11.06%)
Italian: 479 (1.75%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 229 (0.84%)
Polish: 400 (1.46%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.01%)
Russian: 198 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,296 (4.73%)
Scottish: 997 (3.64%)
Slovak: 29 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 75 (0.27%)
Swedish: 279 (1.02%)
Swiss: 92 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.1%)
United States or American: 3,416 (12.46%)
Welsh: 252 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 6,104 (22.27%)

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