Whitwell, TN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4780620, place: Whitwell city, Tennessee)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 323 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (4.95%)
Kindergarten: 18 (5.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 148 (45.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 104 (32.2%)
College or graduate school: 37 (11.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,219 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 290 (23.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 321 (26.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 365 (29.94%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (11.57%)
Associate degree: 44 (3.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 32 (2.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26 (2.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,478 (100%)
Never married: 267 (18.06%)
Now married, except separated: 804 (54.4%)
Separated: 25 (1.69%)
Total Widowed: 165 (11.16%)
Widowed Female: 144 (9.74%)
Total Divorced: 217 (14.68%)
Divorced Female: 122 (8.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (23.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,411 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 158 (11.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 335 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (10.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,000 (100%)
--With a disability: 318 (31.8%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 682 (68.2%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 320 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (58.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,655 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,076 (65.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 575 (34.74%)
--Same county: 413 (24.95%)
--Different county: 162 (9.79%)
----Same state: 84 (5.08%)
----Different state: 78 (4.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,749 (100%)
Native: 1,746 (99.83%)
--Born in United States: 1,742 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,462 (83.59%)
----Different state: 280 (16.01%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.17%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,655 (100%)
English only: 1,637 (98.91%)
Language other than English: 18 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.18%)
--Spanish: 16 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.12%)
----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: 1,749 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,372% (78.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 53 (3.03%)
English: 375 (21.44%)
French (except Basque): 19 (1.09%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 55 (3.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 137 (7.83%)
Italian: 24 (1.37%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.11%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (1.32%)
Scottish: 18 (1.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.06%)
Swiss: 7 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 421 (24.07%)
Welsh: 10 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 227 (12.98%)

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