Palmer, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4756560, place: Palmer town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 130 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (10.77%)
Kindergarten: 10 (7.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 65 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 35 (26.92%)
College or graduate school: 6 (4.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 524 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 154 (29.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 129 (24.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 185 (35.31%)
Some college, no degree: 38 (7.25%)
Associate degree: 8 (1.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 3 (0.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (1.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 46%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 1.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 591 (100%)
Never married: 117 (19.8%)
Now married, except separated: 328 (55.5%)
Separated: 10 (1.69%)
Total Widowed: 63 (10.66%)
Widowed Female: 49 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 73 (12.35%)
Divorced Female: 40 (6.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (91.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 567 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 55 (9.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 130 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (3.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (39.14%)
----Percent employed: 23.2%
--No disability: 255 (60.86%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
Population 65 years and over: 129 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (68.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 678 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 510 (75.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 168 (24.78%)
--Same county: 140 (20.65%)
--Different county: 28 (4.13%)
----Same state: 13 (1.92%)
----Different state: 15 (2.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 733 (100%)
Native: 729 (99.45%)
--Born in United States: 724 (100%)
----State of residence: 668 (91.13%)
----Different state: 56 (7.64%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 678 (100%)
English only: 664 (97.94%)
Language other than English: 14 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 733 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 367% (50.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.27%)
English: 83 (11.32%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.41%)
German: 19 (2.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.27%)
Irish: 56 (7.64%)
Italian: 2 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (2.05%)
Scottish: 2 (0.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 147 (20.05%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.68%)
Other ancestries: 29 (3.96%)

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