General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4778240, place: Watauga city, Tennessee)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 72 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (4.17%)
Kindergarten: 10 (13.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 32 (44.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 13 (18.06%)
College or graduate school: 14 (19.44%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 263 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (12.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 68 (25.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 94 (35.74%)
Some college, no degree: 42 (15.97%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 21 (7.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 329 (100%)
Never married: 88 (26.75%)
Now married, except separated: 167 (50.76%)
Separated: 8 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 22 (6.69%)
Widowed Female: 19 (5.78%)
Total Divorced: 44 (13.37%)
Divorced Female: 19 (5.78%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (88.89%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 314 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 39 (12.42%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 71 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 254 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (16.54%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 212 (83.46%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
Population 65 years and over: 48 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (52.08%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 373 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 198 (53.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 175 (46.92%)
--Same county: 116 (31.1%)
--Different county: 59 (15.82%)
----Same state: 45 (12.06%)
----Different state: 14 (3.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 399 (100%)
Native: 399 (100%)
--Born in United States: 399 (100%)
----State of residence: 323 (80.95%)
----Different state: 76 (19.05%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 373 (100%)
English only: 369 (98.93%)
Language other than English: 4 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 4 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 399 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 215% (53.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (1.75%)
English: 27 (6.77%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.5%)
German: 13 (3.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 25 (6.27%)
Italian: 5 (1.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.5%)
Scottish: 8 (2.01%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 93 (23.31%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 32 (8.02%)
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