Obion, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4755240, place: Obion town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 227 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (7.49%)
Kindergarten: 10 (4.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (49.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 62 (27.31%)
College or graduate school: 25 (11.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 763 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 131 (17.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 148 (19.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 290 (38.01%)
Some college, no degree: 113 (14.81%)
Associate degree: 18 (2.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 45 (5.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (2.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 913 (100%)
Never married: 188 (20.59%)
Now married, except separated: 477 (52.25%)
Separated: 18 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 112 (12.27%)
Widowed Female: 93 (10.19%)
Total Divorced: 118 (12.92%)
Divorced Female: 62 (6.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 860 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 98 (11.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 225 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (8.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 614 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (25.08%)
----Percent employed: 45.5%
--No disability: 460 (74.92%)
----Percent employed: 73.7%
Population 65 years and over: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 118 (59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,039 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 647 (62.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 390 (37.54%)
--Same county: 258 (24.83%)
--Different county: 132 (12.7%)
----Same state: 62 (5.97%)
----Different state: 70 (6.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,114 (100%)
Native: 1,109 (99.55%)
--Born in United States: 1,109 (100%)
----State of residence: 927 (83.21%)
----Different state: 182 (16.34%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,039 (100%)
English only: 1,010 (97.21%)
Language other than English: 29 (2.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.35%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,114 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 758% (68.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.36%)
English: 86 (7.72%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.27%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.45%)
German: 25 (2.24%)
Greek: 2 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 68 (6.1%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.63%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.26%)
Scottish: 4 (0.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (1.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 361 (32.41%)
Welsh: 3 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 158 (14.18%)

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