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Nashville Tennessee Social and demographic information
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Nashville Tennessee Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Nashville-Davidson (balance)
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
545,549 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
135,426 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
506,613 |
92.9 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
8,779 |
6.5 |
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Born in
United States |
501,959 |
92.0 |
| Kindergarten |
6,870 |
5.1 |
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State
of residence |
314,894 |
57.7 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
53,420 |
39.4 |
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Different state |
187,065 |
34.3 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
25,951 |
19.2 |
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Born
outside United States |
4,654 |
0.9 |
| College or
graduate school |
40,406 |
29.8 |
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Foreign born |
38,936 |
7.1 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
26,350 |
4.8 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
9,565 |
1.8 |
| Population
25 years and over |
360,563 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
29,371 |
5.4 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
21,075 |
5.8 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
46,926 |
13.0 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
89,708 |
24.9 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
38,936 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
77,930 |
21.6 |
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Europe |
4,859 |
12.5 |
| Associate
degree |
17,694 |
4.9 |
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Asia |
12,573 |
32.3 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
71,161 |
19.7 |
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Africa |
4,183 |
10.7 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
36,069 |
10.0 |
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Oceania |
196 |
0.5 |
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Latin America |
16,096 |
41.3 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
81.1 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
1,029 |
2.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
29.7 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
509,422 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
443,546 |
100.0 |
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English only |
457,993 |
89.9 |
| Never married |
144,502 |
32.6 |
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Language other
than English |
51,429 |
10.1 |
| Now married,
except separated |
201,827 |
45.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
24,900 |
4.9 |
| Separated |
10,398 |
2.3 |
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Spanish |
25,777 |
5.1 |
| Widowed |
28,324 |
6.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
13,752 |
2.7 |
| Female |
23,591 |
5.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
12,608 |
2.5 |
| Divorced |
58,495 |
13.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,399 |
0.9 |
| Female |
34,311 |
7.7 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
8,069 |
1.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,630 |
0.9 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
545,549 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
10,837 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
497,182 |
91.1 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
5,400 |
49.8 |
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Arab |
4,761 |
0.9 |
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Czech¹ |
1,364 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
1,128 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
424,582 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
6,005 |
1.1 |
| Civilian
veterans |
48,136 |
11.3 |
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English |
49,163 |
9.0 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
9,882 |
1.8 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
1,822 |
0.3 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
48,035 |
8.8 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
111,689 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
901 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
10,821 |
9.7 |
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Hungarian |
1,093 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
329,758 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
48,576 |
8.9 |
| With a
disability |
64,424 |
19.5 |
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Italian |
10,289 |
1.9 |
| Percent
employed |
60.3 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
412 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
265,334 |
80.5 |
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Norwegian |
2,837 |
0.5 |
| Percent
employed |
80.5 |
(X) |
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Polish |
5,142 |
0.9 |
| Population
65 years and over |
57,321 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
566 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
26,583 |
46.4 |
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Russian |
2,802 |
0.5 |
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Scotch-Irish |
15,608 |
2.9 |
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Scottish |
11,108 |
2.0 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
562 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
509,422 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
7,825 |
1.4 |
| Same house in
1995 |
229,869 |
45.1 |
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Swedish |
2,923 |
0.5 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
261,978 |
51.4 |
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Swiss |
979 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
148,898 |
29.2 |
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Ukrainian |
641 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
113,080 |
22.2 |
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United States
or American |
59,521 |
10.9 |
| Same state |
39,872 |
7.8 |
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Welsh |
2,865 |
0.5 |
| Different
state |
73,208 |
14.4 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,271 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
17,575 |
3.4 |
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Other
ancestries |
199,101 |
36.5 |
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| Date: January
6, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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