Selmer, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4766940, place: Selmer town, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 806 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (1.86%)
Kindergarten: 70 (8.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 367 (45.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 218 (27.05%)
College or graduate school: 136 (16.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,122 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 357 (11.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 468 (14.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,147 (36.74%)
Some college, no degree: 575 (18.42%)
Associate degree: 111 (3.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 256 (8.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 208 (6.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,623 (100%)
Never married: 650 (17.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,970 (54.37%)
Separated: 106 (2.93%)
Total Widowed: 389 (10.74%)
Widowed Female: 338 (9.33%)
Total Divorced: 508 (14.02%)
Divorced Female: 290 (8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (74.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,451 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 639 (18.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 735 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (2.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,371 (100%)
--With a disability: 663 (27.96%)
----Percent employed: 43.6%
--No disability: 1,708 (72.04%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 765 (100%)
--With a disability: 363 (47.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,096 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,326 (56.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,745 (42.6%)
--Same county: 1,000 (24.41%)
--Different county: 745 (18.19%)
----Same state: 289 (7.06%)
----Different state: 456 (11.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,280 (100%)
Native: 4,210 (98.36%)
--Born in United States: 4,202 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,032 (70.84%)
----Different state: 1,170 (27.34%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 70 (1.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44 (1.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 52 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 15 (21.43%)
Asia: 20 (28.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 35 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,096 (100%)
English only: 3,984 (97.27%)
Language other than English: 112 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1%)
--Spanish: 60 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 44 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,280 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,399% (79.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.14%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 46 (1.07%)
English: 348 (8.13%)
French (except Basque): 27 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 311 (7.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 496 (11.59%)
Italian: 12 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.51%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 32 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (0.54%)
Scottish: 50 (1.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.63%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 855 (19.98%)
Welsh: 18 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 1,120 (26.17%)

Return to Selmer,TN.