Rossville, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4765240, place: Rossville town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 66 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (7.58%)
Kindergarten: 9 (13.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37 (56.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7 (10.61%)
College or graduate school: 8 (12.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 285 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (12.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (16.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 114 (40%)
Some college, no degree: 57 (20%)
Associate degree: 7 (2.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (4.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (3.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 317 (100%)
Never married: 62 (19.56%)
Now married, except separated: 197 (62.15%)
Separated: 8 (2.52%)
Total Widowed: 30 (9.46%)
Widowed Female: 28 (8.83%)
Total Divorced: 20 (6.31%)
Divorced Female: 11 (3.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (61.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 308 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 15 (4.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 65 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (3.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 250 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (19.6%)
----Percent employed: 38.8%
--No disability: 201 (80.4%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 49 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (61.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 195 (53.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 168 (46.15%)
--Same county: 63 (17.31%)
--Different county: 105 (28.85%)
----Same state: 77 (21.15%)
----Different state: 28 (7.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 397 (100%)
Native: 389 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 386 (100%)
----State of residence: 281 (70.78%)
----Different state: 105 (26.45%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 8 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (1.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (1.51%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 3 (37.5%)
Asia: 5 (62.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 364 (100%)
English only: 351 (96.43%)
Language other than English: 13 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (2.2%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 397 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 292% (73.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 49 (12.34%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.5%)
German: 27 (6.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 57 (14.36%)
Italian: 3 (0.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (1.26%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.76%)
Scottish: 3 (0.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 40 (10.08%)
Welsh: 2 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 97 (24.43%)

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