Springfield, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4770500, place: Springfield city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,116 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 186 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 169 (5.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,647 (52.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 798 (25.61%)
College or graduate school: 316 (10.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,003 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,345 (14.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,698 (18.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,141 (34.89%)
Some college, no degree: 1,447 (16.07%)
Associate degree: 286 (3.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 772 (8.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 314 (3.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,221 (100%)
Never married: 3,151 (28.08%)
Now married, except separated: 5,696 (50.76%)
Separated: 223 (1.99%)
Total Widowed: 903 (8.05%)
Widowed Female: 792 (7.06%)
Total Divorced: 1,248 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 704 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 414 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 271 (65.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,603 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,270 (11.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,265 (100%)
--With a disability: 305 (9.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,620 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,914 (25.12%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 5,706 (74.88%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 1,843 (100%)
--With a disability: 903 (49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,142 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,331 (48.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,089 (46.33%)
--Same county: 3,853 (29.32%)
--Different county: 2,236 (17.01%)
----Same state: 1,312 (9.98%)
----Different state: 924 (7.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 722 (5.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,172 (100%)
Native: 13,342 (94.14%)
--Born in United States: 13,302 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,061 (70.99%)
----Different state: 3,241 (22.87%)
--Born outside United States: 40 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 830 (5.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 729 (5.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 101 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 729 (5.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 830 (100%)
Europe: 18 (2.17%)
Asia: 11 (1.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (0.72%)
Latin America: 795 (95.78%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,142 (100%)
English only: 12,074 (91.87%)
Language other than English: 1,068 (8.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 784 (5.97%)
--Spanish: 955 (7.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 735 (5.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 94 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.02%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,172 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,416% (73.5%)
Arab: 4 (0.03%)
Czech: 12 (0.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 159 (1.12%)
English: 952 (6.72%)
French (except Basque): 99 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.04%)
German: 741 (5.23%)
Greek: 5 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.05%)
Irish: 923 (6.51%)
Italian: 103 (0.73%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.21%)
Polish: 5 (0.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 222 (1.57%)
Scottish: 127 (0.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 218 (1.54%)
Swedish: 34 (0.24%)
Swiss: 14 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,442 (17.23%)
Welsh: 40 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 4,251 (30%)

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