Ridgely, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4763060, place: Ridgely town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 360 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (5.56%)
Kindergarten: 33 (9.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 184 (51.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 90 (25%)
College or graduate school: 33 (9.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,142 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 277 (24.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 298 (26.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 354 (31%)
Some college, no degree: 128 (11.21%)
Associate degree: 17 (1.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 42 (3.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26 (2.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,316 (100%)
Never married: 217 (16.49%)
Now married, except separated: 697 (52.96%)
Separated: 41 (3.12%)
Total Widowed: 175 (13.3%)
Widowed Female: 148 (11.25%)
Total Divorced: 186 (14.13%)
Divorced Female: 114 (8.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 79 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (49.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,258 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 136 (10.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 352 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (9.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 891 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (38.27%)
----Percent employed: 44.3%
--No disability: 550 (61.73%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
Population 65 years and over: 234 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (53.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,568 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 888 (56.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 672 (42.86%)
--Same county: 434 (27.68%)
--Different county: 238 (15.18%)
----Same state: 138 (8.8%)
----Different state: 100 (6.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,669 (100%)
Native: 1,648 (98.74%)
--Born in United States: 1,645 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,351 (80.95%)
----Different state: 294 (17.62%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 21 (1.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,568 (100%)
English only: 1,506 (96.05%)
Language other than English: 62 (3.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (2.17%)
--Spanish: 60 (3.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (2.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.13%)
----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: 1,669 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,109% (66.45%)
Arab: 2 (0.12%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (1.74%)
English: 67 (4.01%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 47 (2.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 110 (6.59%)
Italian: 15 (0.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.9%)
Scottish: 4 (0.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 416 (24.93%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 396 (23.73%)

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