US Census Bureau
Skip top of page navigation

People Business Geography Newsroom Subjects A to Z Search@Census

American Community Survey (ACS)

Skip top of page navigation
 
   ACS Home  |  Contact ACS  
 Nashville, TN MSA
Data followed by an * indicates a Significant Difference at the 90 percent level between that data and the data from the most current year.  Data followed by a "c" indicates the estimate for that year and the current year are both controlled; a statistical test is not appropriate.
TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
310,299
302,093
298,484
294,794 *
Nursery school, preschool
5.17%
6.12%
6.30%
6.16%
Kindergarten
5.81%
7.01%
5.67%
6.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
43.48%
44.31%
44.77%
44.31%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
23.34%
22.30%
22.05%
22.52%
College or graduate school
22.21%
20.26%
21.21%
20.59%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
828,013
818,279 *
799,034 *
783,532 *
Less than 9th grade
5.33%
5.50%
5.47%
5.33%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
10.15%
10.64%
10.56%
11.67%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
28.63%
29.76%
31.33% *
30.30%
Some college, no degree
21.51%
20.13%
20.21%
20.85%
Associate degree
5.09%
5.79%
5.78%
4.35%
Bachelor's degree
19.93%
18.54%
17.69% *
18.65%
Graduate or professional degree
9.35%
9.64%
8.95%
8.84%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
84.5
83.9
84.0
83.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
29.3
28.2
26.6 *
27.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
480,850
470,406 *
463,072 *
455,978 *
Never married
28.97%
28.05%
28.59%
29.19%
Now married, except separated
58.25%
56.10%
59.04%
56.28%
Separated
1.34%
1.49%
1.51%
1.59%
Widowed
1.90%
2.21%
2.16%
2.22%
Divorced
9.54%
12.15% *
8.69%
10.72%
 
Females 15 years and over
510,844
505,499 *
496,246 *
485,968 *
Never married
24.44%
23.47%
23.19%
22.83%
Now married, except separated
52.39%
52.31%
52.15%
52.76%
Separated
2.27%
2.34%
1.83%
2.63%
Widowed
8.25%
9.00%
9.14%
9.82% *
Divorced
12.66%
12.88%
13.69%
11.96%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
19,774
14,665
19,014
16,444
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
16.83%
14.71%
24.82%
23.74%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
22
14
30
26
As a percent of all women with a birth
16.8
14.7
24.8
23.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
58
43
56
50
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
19
14
45
35
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
102
79
104
95
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
29
20
19
14 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
28,562
18,214 *
19,051 *
20,562
Responsible for grandchildren
49.43%
50.14%
40.75%
27.80% *
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
17.52%
14.79%
18.34%
23.02%
1 or 2 years
39.66%
19.25%
37.34%
9.99% *
3 or 4 years
14.17%
15.24%
20.20%
27.78%
5 or more years
28.65%
50.71%
24.12%
39.21%
 
Percent who are female
60.8
54.1
61.9
75.3
Percent who are married
76.5
74.7
76.5
46.9 *
Percent who are in labor force
66.7
61.5
47.9 *
77.5
Percent who are in poverty
12.4
6.6
22.4
11.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
940,339
925,420 *
910,563 *
892,806 *
Civilian veterans
10.74%
11.06%
11.63%
12.01% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,231,476
1,222,028 *
1,200,334 *
1,182,731 *
Same house
81.73%
82.64%
82.11%
81.90%
Different house in the U.S.
17.60%
17.14%
17.47%
17.82%
Same county
10.40%
9.75%
10.81%
11.04%
Different county
7.20%
7.39%
6.66%
6.79%
Same state
3.54%
3.03%
3.30%
4.11%
Different state
3.66%
4.36%
3.36%
2.68%
Abroad
0.67%
0.23%
0.41%
0.27%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,252,324
1,234,863 c
1,216,905 c
1,196,391 c
Native
94.81%
94.58%
94.18%
95.44%
Born in United States
94.11%
94.13%
93.37%
94.71%
State of residence
59.19%
56.37% *
59.21%
59.72%
Different state
34.92%
37.77% *
34.15%
34.99%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.70%
0.45%
0.81%
0.73%
Foreign born
5.19%
5.42%
5.82%
4.56%
Naturalized citizen
35.55%
31.45%
25.93%
26.89%
Not a citizen
64.45%
68.55%
74.07%
73.11%
Entered 1990 or later
63.98%
52.22%
68.27%
60.99%
Entered before 1990
36.02%
47.78% *
31.73%
39.01%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
64,984
66,927
70,852
54,531
Europe
12.39%
7.52%
16.27%
22.04%
Asia
38.77%
40.60%
29.35% *
37.50%
Africa
4.51%
6.37%
17.09% *
3.50%
Oceania
0.75%
0.00%
1.27%
1.76%
Latin America
40.65%
36.25%
33.64% *
33.99% *
Northern America
2.92%
9.26% *
2.37%
1.21%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,165,719
1,148,334 *
1,131,933 *
1,114,546 *
English only
92.48%
93.19%
92.89%
93.16%
Language other than English
7.52%
6.81%
7.11%
6.84%
Speak English less than "very well"
4.00%
3.73%
3.66%
3.28%
Spanish
3.84%
3.66%
3.53%
3.43%
Speak English less than "very well"
2.32%
2.28%
1.89%
1.59% *
Other Indo-European languages
1.61%
0.71% *
1.77%
1.73%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.59%
0.13% *
0.57%
0.94%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1.54%
1.53%
0.93% *
1.36%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.87%
0.96%
0.50%
0.62%
Other languages
0.54%
0.92%
0.88%
0.32%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.22%
0.36%
0.70%
0.14%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,252,324
1,234,863 c
1,216,905 c
1,196,391 c
Arab
0.57%
0.31%
0.92%
0.25%
Czech
0.22%
0.14%
0.20%
0.32%
Danish
0.30%
0.33%
0.27%
0.21%
Dutch
1.82%
1.84%
1.89%
1.56%
English
12.23%
11.89%
11.69%
11.12%
French (except Basque)
2.51%
2.99%
2.42%
2.16%
French Canadian
0.27%
0.28%
0.55%
0.41%
German
10.64%
11.66%
9.84%
10.53%
Greek
0.26%
0.28%
0.25%
0.18%
Hungarian
0.14%
0.43%
0.08%
0.32% *
Irish
12.80%
12.92%
11.86%
11.39%
Italian
2.60%
2.54%
2.87%
1.97%
Lithuanian
0.03%
0.16%
0.07%
0.07%
Norwegian
0.63%
0.61%
0.43%
0.53%
Polish
1.06%
1.16%
1.12%
1.14%
Portuguese
0.01%
0.14%
0.06%
0.14%
Russian
0.19%
0.26%
0.22%
0.37%
Scotch-Irish
3.37%
3.02%
3.89%
3.60%
Scottish
2.45%
2.43%
2.95%
3.36%
Slovak
0.05%
0.05%
0.07%
0.15%
Subsaharan African
0.69%
0.71%
0.80%
0.35%
Swedish
0.68%
0.51%
0.59%
0.65%
Swiss
0.19%
0.25%
0.37%
0.18%
Ukrainian
0.14%
0.02%
0.09%
0.29%
United States or American
14.85%
15.25%
15.47%
17.09%
Welsh
0.72%
0.77%
0.65%
0.62%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.05%
0.14%
0.03%
0.09%
 
Profile Navigation
  
Viewing 2003 Multiyear Profile for Nashville, TN MSA
  Demographic - Table 1
  Social - Table 2
  Economic - Table 3
  Housing - Table 4

Back to TN State Index

Download Profile (xls)

 


See footnotes below.

Footnotes

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '-' entry in an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
2. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An 'N' entry in an Estimate column indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

[Excel] or the letters [xls] indicate a document is in the Microsoft® Excel® Spreadsheet Format (XLS). To view the file, you will need the Microsoft® Excel® Viewer This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content. available for free from Microsoft®.
Back to Top   
Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  American Community Survey Office  |  Page Last Modified: August 29, 2007