General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4760280, place: Portland city, Tennessee)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,039 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 185 (9.07%)
Kindergarten: 100 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,094 (53.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 445 (21.82%)
College or graduate school: 215 (10.54%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 5,220 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 804 (15.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 860 (16.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,957 (37.49%)
Some college, no degree: 891 (17.07%)
Associate degree: 211 (4.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 385 (7.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 112 (2.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 6,501 (100%)
Never married: 1,211 (18.63%)
Now married, except separated: 3,973 (61.11%)
Separated: 143 (2.2%)
Total Widowed: 365 (5.61%)
Widowed Female: 284 (4.37%)
Total Divorced: 809 (12.44%)
Divorced Female: 488 (7.51%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 228 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 160 (70.18%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 6,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 610 (9.91%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 2,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (5.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,802 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,107 (23.05%)
----Percent employed: 50.4%
--No disability: 3,695 (76.95%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 974 (100%)
--With a disability: 543 (55.75%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 7,804 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,640 (46.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,056 (51.97%)
--Same county: 2,578 (33.03%)
--Different county: 1,478 (18.94%)
----Same state: 850 (10.89%)
----Different state: 628 (8.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 108 (1.38%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 8,628 (100%)
Native: 8,414 (97.52%)
--Born in United States: 8,358 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,597 (64.87%)
----Different state: 2,761 (32%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 214 (2.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 149 (1.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 148 (1.72%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 214 (100%)
Europe: 19 (8.88%)
Asia: 12 (5.61%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 183 (85.51%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 7,804 (100%)
English only: 7,480 (95.85%)
Language other than English: 324 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 165 (2.11%)
--Spanish: 259 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159 (2.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 57 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 8,628 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,667% (77.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 141 (1.63%)
English: 821 (9.52%)
French (except Basque): 139 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.12%)
German: 509 (5.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 887 (10.28%)
Italian: 107 (1.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 43 (0.5%)
Polish: 29 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.08%)
Russian: 11 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (2.63%)
Scottish: 106 (1.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.1%)
Swedish: 45 (0.52%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,423 (28.08%)
Welsh: 8 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,137 (13.18%)
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