Ridgetop, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4763140, place: Ridgetop city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 299 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.68%)
Kindergarten: 18 (6.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (53.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 72 (24.08%)
College or graduate school: 39 (13.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 768 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 82 (10.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 109 (14.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 260 (33.85%)
Some college, no degree: 130 (16.93%)
Associate degree: 36 (4.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 93 (12.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 58 (7.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 897 (100%)
Never married: 158 (17.61%)
Now married, except separated: 561 (62.54%)
Separated: 1 (0.11%)
Total Widowed: 69 (7.69%)
Widowed Female: 60 (6.69%)
Total Divorced: 108 (12.04%)
Divorced Female: 60 (6.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 857 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 135 (15.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (16.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 664 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (19.13%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 537 (80.87%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (44.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,091 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 715 (65.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 371 (34.01%)
--Same county: 139 (12.74%)
--Different county: 232 (21.26%)
----Same state: 203 (18.61%)
----Different state: 29 (2.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,165 (100%)
Native: 1,149 (98.63%)
--Born in United States: 1,147 (100%)
----State of residence: 854 (73.3%)
----Different state: 293 (25.15%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 16 (1.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.69%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 13 (81.25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 3 (18.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,091 (100%)
English only: 1,061 (97.25%)
Language other than English: 30 (2.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 22 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,165 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 857% (73.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.17%)
Dutch: 3 (0.26%)
English: 134 (11.5%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.43%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.17%)
German: 106 (9.1%)
Greek: 2 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 133 (11.42%)
Italian: 6 (0.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.86%)
Polish: 21 (1.8%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 49 (4.21%)
Scottish: 15 (1.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.6%)
Swedish: 26 (2.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 231 (19.83%)
Welsh: 14 (1.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 91 (7.81%)

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